This may be of interest.

[gejohnston]

2. home sweet home

In all fairness, Texas elected Miriam Ferguson the same day. Ross was inaugurated three weeks earlier than the Texan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_A._Ferguson
Sen Lester Hunt (D-WY) is sometimes being credited as being the "father" of Medicare

In 1949 he recommended that the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Dental Association (ADA) consider endorsing a plan for the federal government to offer health insurance policies with low deductibles, to cover "medical, surgical, hospital, laboratory, nursing and dental services." He told an ADA convention that "We cannot preserve the freedom of the practice of dentistry and medicine, we cannot keep dentistry and medicine uncontrolled and unregimented by the Federal Government, we cannot maintain our American free and independent practice in the health services by simply denouncing socialization or by a stand-pat opposition."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_C._Hunt#U.S._Senate
Don't forget James Byrd, Cheyenne police chief from 1966-1977 before being appointed US Marshall by Pres Carter.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19730412&id=DgEdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OJwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5852,2183605

Then the wife wonders why I would rather be there than Florida.