Foraker in a sentence

McKinley supported Foraker for Senate and Bushnell (who was of Foraker's faction) for governor; in return, the new senator-elect agreed to back McKinley's presidential ambitions.

He argued that once they sold the land, the Foraker Company should no longer be responsible for any upkeep.

Stellar play from goalies Lauren Oosthuizen and Sidney Johnson for the Eclipse and Marlena van Boxtel and Caroline Foraker for the Shockwave left the game 0-0 in the break.

Hanna and George Cox felt that Harding was not electable due to his work with Foraker—as the Progressive Era commenced, the public was starting to take a dimmer view of the trading of political favors and of bosses such as Cox.

Hanna, once he entered public affairs as a political manager and generous contributor, supported Sherman's ambitions, as well as those of Foraker.

Harding, always a party loyalist, supported Foraker in the complex internecine warfare that was Ohio Republican politics.

Harding won the primary by 12,000 votes over Foraker.sfn Read The Menace and get the dope, Go to the polls and beat the Pope.

He actively sought the appointment, writing to Foraker to urge the governor to press his case, while stating to others it was unlikely he would get it.

In early 1905, Harding announced he would accept nomination as governor if offered, but faced with the anger of leaders such as Cox, Foraker and Dick (Hanna's replacement in the Senate), announced he would seek no office in 1905.

In Ohio, the state Republican Party held a primary on February 11. Candidates pledged to Taft were printed on the ballot in a Taft column, and candidates pledged to Foraker were printed in a column under his name.

It was calculated to offend nobody except Democrats."sfn Although Harding did not attack Foraker, his supporters had no such scruples.

Section VII of the Foraker Act also established Puerto Rican citizenship.

Similarly, the Foraker Amendment, which prohibited the U.S. military government from granting concessions to American companies, was passed to appease anti-imperialists during the occupational period.

Soon after purchasing the Star, Harding turned his attention to politics, supporting Foraker in his first successful bid for governor in 1885.

The former governor, who remained in Canton, followed events at the convention closely by telephone, and was able to hear part of Foraker's speech nominating him over the line.

The new government of Puerto Rico, organized under the Foraker Act of 1900, was a mixture of the British and the American system, somewhat similar to that established for the territory of Orleans after the Louisiana Purchase.

When Burton withdrew, Foraker became the favorite, but his Old Guard Republicanism was deemed outdated, and Harding was urged to enter the race.