Template:Did you know nominations/A. M. Aikin, Jr.


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:56, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

A. M. Aikin, Jr.

 * ... that upon his retirement in January 1979, A. M. Aikin, Jr. was the longest-tenured legislator in the history of Texas? Source: "A.M. Aikin, Longest Tenured In Texas Legislature, Is Dead". The New York Times. October 26, 1981.)
 * ALT1:... that Texas State Senator A. M. Aikin, Jr. served as acting governor for 14 days in 1943, during which he declared martial law in Beaumont due to a race riot? Source: Gantt, Jr., Fred (2014). The Chief Executive In Texas: A Study in Gubernatorial Leadership. P. 216)
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Moved to mainspace by Michael Barera (talk). Self-nominated at 02:44, 5 October 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg New enough, long enough, well referenced, neutral, and I couldn't see any close paraphrasing (Earwig gives a high percentage of similarity with one source but the vast majority of hits are names and phrases that can't be reworded). Both hooks are interesting and supported by multiple inline citations. QPQ has been done. 97198 (talk) 14:53, 6 October 2017 (UTC)