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May 14, 2013

Finest Hour 149, Winter 2010-11

Page 40

Cover Story – When the Twain Met: Winston Churchill and Samuel Clemens

By Christopher SchWarz

Mr. Schwarz attended the 2006 Churchill Institute at Ashland University. He has taught history at Niles West High School, Skokie, Illinois, for twenty years, and designed the school’s semester-long course on World War II. His article on Italo Balbo, Mussolini’s second-in-command, appeared in Chicago magazine in August 2008.

Amid the endless accounts of noted personalities who crossed paths with Winston Churchill, one of the best-known anecdotes involves his brief encounter with Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City at the turn of the 20th century. In future years Churchill would fondly remember Twain’s “noble air.”¹ The meeting was a bit more contentious and uncomfortable than he later let on. Though they shared the same birthday, November 30th, their experiences ove

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Winston Churchill

British statesman and author (1874–1965)

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The Right Honourable Sir Winston Churchill KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA
The Roaring Lion, 1941
In office 26 October 1951 – 5 April 1955
Monarchs
Deputy	Anthony Eden
Preceded by	Clement Attlee
Succeeded by	Anthony Eden
In office 10 May 1940 – 26 July 1945
Monarch	George VI
Deputy	Clement Attlee (de facto; 1942–1945)
Preceded by	Neville Chamberlain
Succeeded by	Clement Attlee
Senior political offices In office 8 October 1959 – 25 September 1964 Preceded by David Grenfell Succeeded by Rab Butler In office 26 July 1945 – 26 October 1951 Prime Minister Clement Attlee Preceded by Clement Attlee Succeeded by Clement Attlee In office 9 October 1940 –&# • Winston Churchill The Right Honourable Sir Winston S Churchill KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA The Roaring Lion, a portrait by Yousuf Karsh at the Canadian Parliament, 30 December 1941. In office 26 October 1951 – 5 April 1955 Monarch Deputy Anthony Eden Preceded by Clement Attlee Succeeded by Anthony Eden In office 10 May 1940 – 26 July 1945 Monarch George VI Deputy Clement Attlee (1942–1945) Preceded by Neville Chamberlain Succeeded by Clement Attlee In office 8 October 1959 – 25 September 1964 Preceded by David Grenfell Succeeded by Rab Butler Leadership positions In office 26 July 1945 – 26 October 1951 Monarch George VI Prime Minister Clement Attlee Preceded by Clement Attlee Succeeded by Clement Attlee In office 9 October 1940 – 6 April 1955 Preceded by Neville Chamberlain Succeeded by Anthony Ed