Sidney Johnston Catts was an American politician. He was the twenty-second governor of Florida and with Congressman Charles Randall of California one of only two members of the Prohibition Party to ever hold office. Catts was born in Pleasant Hill, Alabama and he earned a law degree from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University in 1882. Catts became a pastor in Alabama and soon he moved to Florida. Catts then left his job as a pastor to sell insurance.

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  • Sidney Johnston Catts was an American politician. He was the twenty-second governor of Florida and with Congressman Charles Randall of California one of only two members of the Prohibition Party to ever hold office. Catts was born in Pleasant Hill, Alabama and he earned a law degree from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University in 1882. Catts became a pastor in Alabama and soon he moved to Florida. Catts then left his job as a pastor to sell insurance. In 1916, he ran for Governor of Florida as a Democrat. He won the nomination at first, but a recount was ordered and he came in second. After that, he received the nomination of the Prohibition Party. Catts called for reform and also had anti-Catholic and anti-black messages; he publicly labeled black residents as part of "an inferior race," and refused to criticize two lynchings in 1919. When the NAACP complained about these lynchings, Catts wrote denouncing the organization and blacks generally, declaring that "Your Race is always harping on the disgrace it brings to the state by a concourse of white people taking revenge for the dishonoring of a white woman, when if you would . . . [teach] your people not to kill our white officers and disgrace our white women, you would keep down a thousand times greater disgrace. " . On election day, he was able to win the election with 43% of the vote. Catts served as governor from January 2, 1917 to January 4, 1921. As Governor, his proposals for reform were stopped by the state legislature. Catts was ineligible to run for reelection in 1920 and he ran for the United States Senate as a Democrat, losing by a large margin to Senator Duncan U. Fletcher. Catts ran for Governor in 1924 and 1928, losing both times. Catts was one of the Democrats who worked against Presidential nominee Al Smith due to his religion. Catts died in DeFuniak Springs, Florida on March 9, 1936.
  • Sidney Johnston Catts war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1917 bis 1921 der 22. Gouverneur von Florida.
  • Sidney Johnston Catts, född 31 juli 1863 i Dallas County, Alabama, död 9 mars 1936 i DeFuniak Springs, Florida, var en amerikansk politiker. Han var guvernör i Florida 1917-1921. Hans valseger i guvernörsvalet 1916 var unik i sitt slag för Prohibition Party, partiet som förespråkar alkoholförbud i USA. Han var känd för sina rasistiska och anti-katolska uttalanden. Catts avlade 1882 sin juristexamen vid Cumberland School of Law. Han arbetade först som pastor i Alabama och sålde sedan försäkringar i Florida. Catts deltog i demokraternas primärval inför guvernörsvalet 1916. Enligt de första resultaten vann han primärvalet, men efter en omräkning blev han tvåa. Han bytte sedan parti till Prohibition Party och kandiderade i valet i alla fall. Prohibition Partys första stora framgång hade kommit i kongressvalet 1914 i Kalifornien. Partiets kandidat Charles Hiram Randall valdes till . Catts vann guvernörvalet i Florida med 43% av rösterna. Fram till 1921 hade Prohibition Party en guvernör och en kongressledamot, de enda partiet någonsin har haft. Förbudstiden i USA inleddes 1920 i och med att Volsteadlagen trädde i kraft och partiet förlorade sin grundtanke i och med att den redan hade förverkligats. Guvernör Catts kallade de svarta en "mindervärdig ras" och vägrade att kritisera två lynchningar som skedde år 1919. Catts fortsatte sin politiska karriär som demokrat. Han kandiderade i demokraternas primärval inför guvernörsvalen 1924 och 1928. Han var emot katoliken Al Smiths kandidatur i presidentvalet i USA 1928. Catts var baptist. Hans grav finns på Magnolia Cemetery i DeFuniak Springs.
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  • Sidney Johnston Catts was an American politician. He was the twenty-second governor of Florida and with Congressman Charles Randall of California one of only two members of the Prohibition Party to ever hold office. Catts was born in Pleasant Hill, Alabama and he earned a law degree from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University in 1882. Catts became a pastor in Alabama and soon he moved to Florida. Catts then left his job as a pastor to sell insurance.
  • Sidney Johnston Catts war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1917 bis 1921 der 22. Gouverneur von Florida.
  • Sidney Johnston Catts, född 31 juli 1863 i Dallas County, Alabama, död 9 mars 1936 i DeFuniak Springs, Florida, var en amerikansk politiker. Han var guvernör i Florida 1917-1921. Hans valseger i guvernörsvalet 1916 var unik i sitt slag för Prohibition Party, partiet som förespråkar alkoholförbud i USA. Han var känd för sina rasistiska och anti-katolska uttalanden. Catts avlade 1882 sin juristexamen vid Cumberland School of Law.
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