Scandals to Successes: 30 Intriguing Facts about Politicians Worldwide

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26Felisa Rincón de Gautier

Felisa Rincón de Gautier

Between 1952-54, Felisa Rincón de Gautier, the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico had snow delivered by plane to the city so that the children who had never seen or played in the snow, would be able to do so.


27. Former Alabama state Senator Steve Windom didn't leave his chair during a 12-hour dispute, notably urinating in a jug, because he was afraid the Democrats would steal it.


28. Carty Finkbeiner, a former mayor of Toledo once suggested selling houses near the airport to deaf people.


29. The stolen body of U.S. politician John Scott Harrison was discovered at the Ohio Medical College by his son and nephew, who were there looking for the body of their cousin whose grave robbery had been discovered in the cemetery the day before... at John Scott Harrison's burial.


30. A Louisiana senator named Robert F. Broussard proposed the "American Hippo Bill" which would have brought Hippos from Africa to get rid of an invasive species and solve a meat shortage in the United States. The bill nearly passed.

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