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Joseph Finch Guffey (December 29, 1870 – March 6, 1959) was an American business executive and Democratic Party politician from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate for two terms, from 1935 until 1947. His bid for a third term was defeated in 1946.
Joseph Guffey in The War That Came Early[]
Senator Joseph Guffey (D-Pennsylvania) introduced President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a campaign rally in Philadelphia in 1940. His introduction included open mockery of the Republican Party for its inability to support a single candidate, comparing it to the 1912 election. He further used some crude humor to insinuate that official GOP candidate Wendell Willkie and third-party candidate Alf Landon were far less formidable than their counterparts from 28 years earlier, William Howard Taft and "Bull Moose" Theodore Roosevelt.[1]
Joseph Guffey in Southern Victory[]
"Joe" Guffey was a Socialist politician from Pennsylvania. In 1942, he was the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, during the Second Great War. That year, it became his sad duty to inform the Congress that President Al Smith had been killed during a Confederate bombing raid.[2]
See also[]
- Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the House in the early 1940s in OTL.
References[]
- ↑ The Big Switch, pg. 336, HC
- ↑ Return Engagement, pgs. 622-23.
| Political offices (OTL) | ||
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| Preceded by David Reed |
United States Senator from Pennsylvania 1935-1947 |
Succeeded by Edward Martin |
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| Preceded by Clarence Cannon |
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives 1941-1945 (dates estimated) |
Succeeded by Unknown |
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