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  Clyde R. Hoey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clyde Roark Hoey (11 December 1877 -- 12 May 1954) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1937 to 1941.
Hoey later served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from 1945 until his death in 1954.
Hoey Auditorium on the campus of Western Carolina University is named after him.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clyde_Roark_Hoey   (213 words)

  
 Governor Clyde R. Hoey House: Shelby, North Carolina: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
Clyde R. Hoey, born in 1877, had a gift for public speaking and was described as a dignified prosecutor who wore a swallowtail coat.
Hoey's term as Congressman from 1919 to 1921 coincided with Gardner's term as North Carolina's lieutenant governor from 1917 to 1921.
Hoey was elected as governor of North Carolina in 1937, for which he served one term, and then served as a U.S. Senator from 1944 to 1954.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/shelby/gov.htm   (366 words)

  
 C. R. Hoey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Clyde Roark Hoey grew up in a North Carolina family who had lost their fortune in Reconstruction.
At the age of 16, Hoey became the owner and publisher of the Cleveland Star.
At the age of 20, Clyde Roark Hoey was elected to the General Assembly as a representative from Cleveland County in the House of Commons and then as a State Senator.
www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us /governors/hoey.html   (254 words)

  
 UMass teacher blasts colleagues on hoax story - The Boston Globe
Following the student's admission Friday that it was a hoax, Clyde Barrow, chairman of the policy studies department, said UMass should punish the student and faculty members, in particular two history professors who repeated the unsubstantiated assertion of the history student to a New Bedford Standard-Times reporter.
In a Saturday Globe story reporting the hoax confession, UMass spokesman John Hoey said the university had no plans to discipline the unidentified student because the deception had nothing to do with his studies.
Hoey said yesterday that the university would not comment on any disciplinary action against students or faculty.
www.boston.com /news/education/higher/articles/2005/12/29/umass_teacher_blasts_colleagues_on_hoax_story   (739 words)

  
 City of Shelby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Webbley was later the home of Webb's daughter and her husband, Governor O. Max Gardner.
Governor Clyde R. Hoey House (1920) Governor Hoey built this Colonial Revival house of stuccoed, pre-fab construction.
Hoey, N.C. Governor 1937-1941 and U.S. Senator 1944-1954, lived in the house until his death in 1954.
www.cityofshelby.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=historic   (504 words)

  
 Governor Hoey Visits Conover   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Governor of North Carolina from 1937 to 1941, Gov. Clyde R. Hoey was the only North Carolina governor to visit Conover during his term.
A native of Shelby, he was warmly received by Conoverites as a neighbor.
When it was the citizen's turn to line up for lunch it was discovered that the band members had eaten all the chicken.
www.rootsweb.com /~nccconov/govvisit.htm   (424 words)

  
 Welcome to O. Max Garder P.C.-Case 14
Clyde Roark Hoey won his first office before the last decade of the past century began.
In 1903, Hoey was elected a state senator.
Hoey may have been one of the first politicians to use the "don't ask - don't tell" approach.
www.maxgardner.com /case_14.html   (2228 words)

  
 Senate Governmental Affairs, PSI Subcommittee History
This investigative work became particularly colorful under the chairmanship of Senator Clyde Hoey – a North Carolina Democrat who took the chair from Senator Ferguson after the 1948 elections.
Hoey was a distinguished southern gentleman of the old school.
Under his leadership, the Subcommittee won national attention for its investigation of the so-called "five percenters," notorious Washington lobbyists who charged their clients five percent of the profits from any federal contracts they obtained on the client’s behalf.
hsgac.senate.gov /_files/psihistory.htm   (1695 words)

  
 Oliver Max Gardner Papers Inventory (#3613)
Bess Hoey's letters often discuss the financial difficulties of Mary Ivey Gardner Beck.
Papers, 1944-1946, are mostly correspondence and other papers relating to the business of the Advisory Board of the United States Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, Gardner's work as undersecretary of the United States Treasury, and cases handled by Gardner, Morrison and Rogers.
Also discussed are Josiah Bailey's 1942 United States Senate re-election bid; the 1944 North Carolina governor's race; the 1944 presidential race; the endowment and administration of Gardner-Webb College; the consolidation of the University of North Carolina; the North Carolina textile industry; the William Hayes Ackland estate case; and United States economic policy.
www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/htm/03613.html   (4243 words)

  
 Shelby Dynasty Essay: Shelby, North Carolina: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
Shelby was home to several political leaders in the first half of the 20th century--a group of powerful men that became known as the "Shelby Dynasty." These men wielded power through the local, State and Federal governments.
Clyde Hoey began his political career as a representative for the North Carolina General Assembly.
During his term as governor, starting in 1936, Hoey reduced state debt by $26 million, put $4 million toward school textbooks, funded a secondary road system and promoted industrial expansion.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/shelby/dynasty.htm   (588 words)

  
 BB55 - Launching
Governor Clyde Roark Hoey of Shelby selected his daughter, Miss Isabel Young Hoey, as NORTH CAROLINA’s sponsor.
Wearing a hat is the Matron of Honor, Virginia Hoey Padgett.
To mark the occasion, Miss Hoey was presented with the handsome silver sponsor’s cup on the riser.
www.battleshipnc.com /history/bb55/launching.htm   (272 words)

  
 Chronicles of Oklahoma
After leaving the University, he was elected Superintendent of the military school at Shelby; and, while he was engaged in that work, the following named students received instruction under him: Hon.
Clyde R. Hoey, both former Governors of North Carolina; Hon.
While engaged in educational work in North Carolina and during the summer of 1888, he, together with other educators took a trip abroad, their objective being a visit to the Holy Land.
digital.library.okstate.edu /Chronicles/v019/v019p422.html   (3576 words)

  
 History & Culture
The group, originally known as the “Shelby Ring” included O. Max Gardner, Clyde R. Hoey, Yates Webb, James L. Webb, and Otis M. Mull.
Hoey was North Carolina’s governor from 1937 to 1941 and a United States Senator from 1946 to 1955.
Yates Webb became a federal judge after serving 26 years in Congress; his brother, James, was a Superior Court Judge.
www.clevelandchamber.org /about/history.asp   (754 words)

  
 Building 44
Hoey Hall is located beside Cannon Residence Hall on Hardin Street.
It is a co-ed hall and has both 2 and 3 person rooms.
The hall is named after Clyde Hoey, former governor of North Carolina
www1.appstate.edu /dept/freshmanseminar/ASU_map/hoey.htm   (36 words)

  
 Hoey Family Genealogy Forum
Re: Mary Ann Hoey - Drogheda - J.
Hoey (Louth, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Huddersfield) - Karl Brodrick 2/05/03
James Hoey in Yates County, NY - Cathy C. John Hoey from Liverpool - Sandra Hoey 6/12/02
genforum.genealogy.com /hoey   (188 words)

  
 H-Net Review: Douglas M. Charles on The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal ...
A most interesting contribution of Johnson's study is his reconstruction of the efforts by Senator Clyde Hoey, Democrat from North Carolina, to lead an extensive Senate investigation into the popular homosexual issue.
We learn that although Hoey was sympathetic to McCarthy's cause, he disapproved of the tactics of the junior senator from Wisconsin.
But the importance of the Hoey investigation, in a larger sense, lies in the fact that it had propelled the Lavender Scare forward to become government-wide policy.
www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=19321086954589   (1653 words)

  
 Debate on King William Reservoir Spills Over to the College - The DoG Street Journal - The DoG Street Journal
The other four panelists were Clyde Hoey of the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Don Philips of the King William Hunt Club, Tom Rubino, Co-Chair of The Alliance to Save the Mattaponi River, and Rich Costello of the Peninsula Housing and Builders Association.
But at first it appeared as if the discussion would be one-sided - Hoey and Costello, the two panelists supporting the reservoir, were thirty minutes late to the debate, which lasted about two hours, private post-panel discussions excluded.
While there were moments of tension and some sparks flew as panelists and the audience became more emotional about the issues, a sense of propriety characterized by Rubino’s opinionated pun reigned.
www.dogstreetjournal.com /story/1678   (884 words)

  
 Infoplease Search: clyde's
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www.infoplease.com /search.php3?query=clyde's&in=all   (195 words)

  
 Winston-Salem Journal | The Law: Drawn out for sympathy, surprise
I note, however, that Clyde R. Hoey was governor of the state from 1937 to 1941, and I think the pronunciation was the same."
The pronunciation is the same, but any connection between hooey and Clyde R. Hoey is unlikely.
Dictionaries say that hooey dates to 1912, 25 years before Hoey became governor.
www.journalnow.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ/MGArticle/WSJ_ColumnistArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1137833698940&path=!opinion&s=1037645509163   (688 words)

  
 TimesDispatch.com | FORT MONROE: Hampton looks to new uses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Although the fort covers about 500 acres, just under 100 acres are considered "developable," officials said.
Clyde R. Hoey II, president of the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, said that the fort's historic moat, fortress and other buildings have the potential to become a "national tourist draw."
Like many others who know the fort, Hoey predicted that commercial and residential developers will be eager for a chance to build on the island-like property offering many spectacular views of the Chesapeake.
www.timesdispatch.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784648788&path=!news&s=1045855934842   (617 words)

  
 Building Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Architects: Eric G. Flannagan, Henderson, NC Namesake: Edward Gaskill Flanagan (1875-1942), a Greenville native, was a member of the ECTC Board of Trustees and chairman of theECTC Building Committee.He inherited the Flanagan Buggy Company from his father, served in the North Carolina General Assembly and was president of the Guarantee Bank & Trust Company.
History: Flanagan Building was dedicated on March 8, 1941, by Governor Clyde R. Hoey during homecoming.Home coming was postponed from fall to winter in order to dedicate this new structure in connection with the event.
This classroom building is located in the central part of campus next to the Student Health Center.
www.ecu.edu /cs-lib/archives/bldg_history.cfm?id=57   (248 words)

  
 Bath Tercentennial Digital Exhibit: Charles C. Crittenden to Governor Clyde R. Hoey
Charles C. Crittenden to Governor Clyde R. Hoey, 26 July 1938
Crittenden, Secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission, who was sent by Governor Clyde R. Hoey to report on the viability of restoring Bath.
You will recall that several weeks ago (on Thursday, June 2, to be exact), When Rev. A.
digital.lib.ecu.edu /exhibits/bath/htm/jgpd.htm   (997 words)

  
 Truman Library - Gordon Gray Oral History Interview
His will is probated in the very courthouse in which I'm speaking, and my friends, do you know, that man died and paid not a penny of taxes," He said, "That's the kind of source."
Well, I was 27 years old or so, and I didn't get a very big job with the Hoey campaign headquarters.
I think I swept floors or something like that, but Hoey won the primary and went on to become Governor.
www.trumanlibrary.org /oralhist/gray.htm   (7689 words)

  
 Press Release
This was a pattern for homecomings yet to come.
In the fall of 1939, Homecoming was held off until March 9, 1940, in order that Gov. Clyde R. Hoey could dedicate the E.G. Flanagan building in connection with the event.
A basketball game was held in Wright Auditorium after which there was an alumni dance.
www.ecu.edu /cs-lib/archives/pr_display.cfm?id=83   (1007 words)

  
 Sam J. Ervin, Jr. Biography / Biography of Sam J. Ervin, Jr. Biography
A much decorated hero for his actions, when he returned home he attended Harvard Law School, graduating in 1922.
Ervin was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Governor William B. Umstead when Senator Clyde R. Hoey from North Carolina died in the summer of 1954.
He was elected to complete that term in November of 1954 and was reelected by more than 60 percent of the vote in 1956, 1962, and 1968.
www.bookrags.com /biography-sam-j-ervin-jr   (589 words)

  
 Suffrage in the South, Part II: The One Party System   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
His fight for education had won for him the "school vote" and his fight against the sales tax gave him the support of a powerful merchants' association, the backing of the trade unions, and the good will of the common people generally.
In the second ("run-off") primary, Hoey received a substantial majority, though it was desperately clear the majority of North Carolinians were favor of the issues McDonald championed.
Reasons for McDonald's defeat: the primary came in July, when the school teachers (McDonald's most active supporters) were away from their working communities.
newdeal.feri.org /survey/40c23.htm   (5796 words)

  
 HOEY, Clyde Roark (1877-1954) Bibliography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Addresses, Letters and Papers of Clyde Roark Hoey, Governor of North Carolina, 1937-1941.
“The Senatorial Career of Clyde R. Hoey.” Ph.D. dissertation, Duke University, 1983.
Memorial Services Held in the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: Together with Remarks Presented in Eulogy of Clyde Roark Hoey, Late a Senator from North Carolina.
bioguide.congress.gov /scripts/bibdisplay.pl?index=H000679   (64 words)

  
 North Carolina Dept of Agriculture & Consumer Services
He represented the Farm Credit Board as an advisor to the Farm Credit Administration in Washington.
Hall was appointed by Governor Clyde Hoey to a six-year term on the North Carolina Board of Agriculture and was reappointed at six-year intervals by each succeeding Governor for the remainder of his life, one of the longest consecutive memberships ever held on this board.
During this 33-year period, he missed only two meetings of the board because of conflicts with meetings of the Farm Credit Board.
www.agr.state.nc.us /paffairs/aghall/hall.htm   (458 words)

  
 History of BB 55 - Pre War
In the Far East, Japan had invaded China, and was threatening further aggressive moves in Southeast Asia.
On 13 June 1940, Governor Clyde R. Hoey of North Carolina's daughter, Isabel, to the strains of "Anchors Aweigh", smashed the traditional bottle of champagne against the bow and launched the ship.
Then, on 9 April 1941, after completing her fitting-out, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox commissioned the ship.
www.battleshipnc.com /history/bb55/prewar.php   (331 words)

  
 USS Battleship BB-55 North Carolina for Trumpeter 05303
The third USS North Carolina (BB-55) was a United States Navy battleship, the lead ship of her class.
She was laid down 27 October 1937 by New York Naval Shipyard, launched 13 June 1940, sponsored by Isabel Hoey (daughter of Clyde R. Hoey, Governor of North Carolina); and commissioned at New York 9 April 1941, Captain Olaf M. Hustvedt in command.
The first commissioned of the Navy's modern battleships, North Carolina received so much attention during her fitting out and trials that she won the enduring nickname "Showboat".
www.dragonusaonline.com /item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=LNRLS350001   (314 words)

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