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    William Wright (W. W.) Heard (April 28, 1853 - May 31, 1926) was the 32nd Governor of Louisiana from 1900 to 1904. His governorship saw the start of the...
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  • William Heard may refer to: William Wright Heard (1853–1926), Governor of Louisiana, 1900–1904 William Heard (cardinal) (1884–1973), Scottish cardinal...
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  •  117. Sobel 1978, p. 577. "William Wright Heard". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 2, 2023. "William Wright Heard". Secretary of State of...
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    Richard William Wright (28 July 1943 – 15 September 2008) was an English keyboardist and songwriter who co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd...
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    Biosketch of William Wright Heard Archived 2008-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, Louisiana Secretary of State site (accessed December 28, 2009). Heard was easily...
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  • (1840–1927), Missouri State Senate William Henry Heard (1850–1937), South Carolina State Senate William Wright Heard (1853–1926), Louisiana State Senate...
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  • Governor Heard may refer to: Stephen Heard (1740–1815), Governor of Georgia from 1780 to 1781 William Wright Heard (1853–1926), 32nd Governor of Louisiana...
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    became an affiliated high school. On October 21, 1902, Governor William Wright Heard issued a proclamation declaring that Section 16, Township 4, North...
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    recommending his sentence be commuted to life in prison, governor William Wright Heard refused to commute his sentence, and on August 15, 1903, Batson was...
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    with Governor William Wright Heard regarding incorporation of the community, which at the time had a population of 308. Governor Heard informed Wilson...
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    convention. In 1873 he married Mary Emma Barrett, the daughter of Capt. William W. Barrett, an officer in the Confederate army. Their daughter, Mary Ethel...
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    he heard them ask someone in the car if this was the boy, and heard someone say "yes." When asked if the voice was that of a man or a woman Wright said...
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    Louisiana governors came from the Shiloh Community in Union Parish: William Wright Heard, 1900–1904 Ruffin Pleasant, 1916-1920 Two Arkansas governors were...
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    election dispute prevented Fleming from taking office until February 6, 1890 William S. Taylor (R) was sworn in and assumed office, but the state legislature...
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    Rouge Parish district attorney and judge, Democratic state chairman William Wright Heard (1853–1926), governor of Louisiana (1900–04) Bobby Hebert (born 1960)...
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  • Emmett Thomas was appointed as State Bank Commissioner by Governor William Wright Heard, a role which he fulfilled until 1907. The following year, he was...
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  • Events from the year 1901 in the United States. President: William McKinley (R-Ohio) (until September 14), Theodore Roosevelt (R-New York) (starting September...
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    Mark William Wright, GC (22 April 1979 – 6 September 2006) was a soldier in the British Army and a recipient of the George Cross. He died in Helmand Province...
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  • Events from the year 1900 in the United States. President: William McKinley (R-Ohio) Vice President: vacant Chief Justice: Melville Fuller (Illinois)...
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  • of Kansas: William E. Stanley (Republican) Governor of Kentucky: J. C. W. Beckham (Democratic) Governor of Louisiana: William Wright Heard (Democratic)...
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  • William Stephen Wright (7 July 1960 – 27 December 1997), known as King Rat, was a Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary leader who founded the Loyalist...
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  • League. Retrieved 11 March 2022. Tenenholtz, David. "Waller, Fats (Thomas Wright)". Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians. Archived from the original on 6 April...
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  • or in part in the constitution of 1898. In October 1903 Governor William Wright Heard appointed Land to a seat as an associate justice of the supreme court...
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    Nicholas Thomas Wright FRSE (born 1 December 1948), known as N. T. Wright or Tom Wright, is an English New Testament scholar, Pauline theologian and Anglican...
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    machine for its time. USS Stranger with the Louisiana governor, William Wright Heard and the New Orleans mayor, Paul Capdevielle where there to greet...
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    would be governor. The election resulted in the election of Democrat William Wright Heard as governor of Louisiana. General Election, April 17 Frois, J. (2006)...
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  • with Governor William Wright Heard regarding incorporation of the community, which at the time had a population of 308. Governor Heard informed Wilson...
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  • later expunged. The State Returning Board declared McEnery the winner over William Pitt Kellogg in 1872, but a second election board was formed that declared...
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  • town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike. December 17 – Orville Wright flies an aircraft with a petrol engine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in...
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  • 23-year-old William Marks, and 37-year-old William Davis, all murdered in October 1991. All three victims were homeless men whom Wright had lured to...
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