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    Oscar Fitzallen Holcombe (December 31, 1888 – June 18, 1968) was an American businessman who served as the mayor of Houston, Texas, for 22 years, in 11...
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    Democratic 52 1956–1958 Oscar F. Holcombe (5th)   Democratic 51 1953–1956 Roy Hofheinz   Democratic 50 1947–1953 Oscar F. Holcombe (4th)   Democratic 49...
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  • office January 2, 1953 – January 2, 1956 Preceded by Oscar F. Holcombe Succeeded by Oscar F. Holcombe County Judge of Harris County In office 1936–1944 Member...
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  • 46th Mayor of Houston from 1937 to 1939. Fonville defeated incumbent Oscar F. Holcombe and took office in 1937. During his term as mayor, the City of Houston...
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    tantamount to election. In that primary, Thomas beat Houston mayor Oscar F. Holcombe in what was something of an upset. The Eighth District of Texas at...
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    Suburban Houston came to be in the period from 1946 to 1950. When Oscar F. Holcombe took his eighth term in 1946, he abandoned a city manager type of...
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  • public areas, a thousand more than had been foreseen. Houston mayor Oscar F. Holcombe and his wife sat in a hallway for two hours after his chair was stolen...
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    "superhighway" between the cities was first made in 1930, and Houston Mayor Oscar F. Holcombe began to work toward it later that decade. He announced an agreement...
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    cornerstone was laid. Many Houston celebrities took part, including: Mayor Oscar F. Holcombe; Dr. Edison E. Oberholtzer, Superintendent of Public Schools and founder/President...
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  • great-grandfather. List of African-American jurists Noble, Holcombe B. (February 18, 1997). "Oscar Adams, 72, a Pioneer As Alabama Top Court Justice". The...
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  • business and trade community gathered to participate, including Mayor Oscar F. Holcombe and former Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones. Importers from other...
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  • Neal Pickett 48th Mayor of Houston In office 1941–1943 Preceded by Oscar F. Holcombe Succeeded by Otis Massey Personal details Born Cornelius Augustus...
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    Governor Dan Moody threw the ceremonial first pitch, while Houston Mayor Oscar F. Holcombe served as catcher and Houston businessman Jesse H. Jones served as...
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    South Norfolk; Fiorello La Guardia of New York City, Howard W. Jackson of Baltimore, Oscar F. Holcombe of Houston, and Harold H. Burton of Cleveland...
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  • Political offices Preceded by Neal Pickett Mayor of Houston, Texas 1943–1947 Succeeded by Oscar F. Holcombe...
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    Gustaf V (redirect from Oscar Gustaf Adolf)
    Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950. He was the eldest son of...
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    original on November 25, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017. Holcombe, Madeline (May 25, 2019). "Oscar winner calls Trump the greatest president since Lincoln"...
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    0.CO;2. ISSN 8756-971X. PMID 18437832. S2CID 41927381. Holcombe, Luke (9 January 2018) "Wine faults" Archived 2021-09-16 at the Wayback...
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    Archived from the original on October 19, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2020. Holcombe, Madeline (August 20, 2020). "Billie Eilish says to 'vote like our lives...
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  • researcher. Barbara Hillyer, 90, American academic and feminist. Malcolm Holcombe, 68, American singer-songwriter, respiratory failure. Jimmy Husband, 76...
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  • E. Harris, 89, pilot (b. 1934) (death announced on this date) Malcolm Holcombe, 68, singer-songwriter (b. 1955) Dave Ritchie, 85, football coach (Montreal...
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    Struff in a close five set match before defeating Tallon Griekspoor and Oscar Otte in straight sets, reaching the round of 16 for the first time at this...
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  • Saffran Ashford as Kathy Seldon, Nancy Ringham as Lina Lamont, Gary Holcombe as R. F. Simpson, Evan Pappas as Roscoe Dexter, Jake Kohut as Young Don Lockwood...
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    many as the front-runner for the nomination, while House Majority Leader Oscar Underwood of Alabama also loomed as a challenger. Clark found support among...
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  • Hill (director/screenplay); Pam Grier, Peter Brown, Terry Carter, Harry Holcombe, Antonio Fargas, Sid Haig, Bob Minor, Tony Giorgio, H.B. Haggerty, Kathryn...
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    Osaka opens up about her crippling shyness". CNN. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Holcombe, Madeline; Martin, Jill (September 9, 2020). "Naomi Osaka nearly moved...
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    had fought in the uprising was compiled by historian Return Ira Holcombe in 1894. Holcombe interviewed Chief Big Eagle with the help of two translators....
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    arterial roads. Main and Fannin streets run southwest to northeast, while Holcombe Boulevard runs west to east. The Texas Medical Center is one of the few...
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    20. In 1898, George Quinn (Wakonkdayamanne) told historian Return Ira Holcombe that all the Indians he had spoken to said that White Dog had told Captain...
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    Cavanagh, ed. Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1914 (2 vol 2007) Holcombe, Charles. A History of East Asia (2d ed. Cambridge UP, 2017). excerpt Jensen...
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