The Republican Party predominantly controls politics at the local level in Perry County.

Perry County is part of Indiana's 9th congressional district and is represented in Congress by Republican Todd Young.

Perry County is represented in the Senate by Republican Dan Coats.

Vermilion and neighboring Cameron parishes are represented in the Louisiana House of Representatives by the Republican Jonathan W. Perry of Kaplan.

Henry Perry, a member of the Republican Army of the North, led forces back to Texas in 1817 and attempted to recapture La Bahia.

Perry warned Iraq that the U. S. forces would take action if it did not move its Republican Guard units north of the 32nd parallel.

In the general election, he swamped the Republican Len E. Blaylock of Perry County even as Richard M. Nixon was handily winning Arkansas in the presidential race.

In an effort to appease the powerful McClellan, Ford moved to replace Davis with Len E. Blaylock of Perry County, the mild-mannered Republican gubernatorial nominee in the 1972 campaign against Dale Bumpers.

Cohen, a Republican about to retire from the United States Senate, was the " right person ," Clinton said, to build on the achievements of William Perry, " to secure the bipartisan support America's armed forces must have and clearly deserve.

In 2011 Markey also criticized Republicans and Tea Party members of scientific illiteracy, saying " Rick Perry and these other guys are allergic to science ... too many of the tea party people, who basically don ’ t believe in science, are now controlling the Republican Party.

* Perry endorsed John McCain for the 2008 Presidential election, and described himself as a " lifelong Republican ".

** One additional delegate as the current Governor of Texas ( Rick Perry ) is Republican.

Perry served as Chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2008 ( succeeding Sonny Perdue of Georgia ) and again in 2011.

Perry won the Texas 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary election, defeating U. S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and former Wharton County Republican Party Chairwoman and businesswoman Debra Medina.

On August 13, 2011, Perry announced in South Carolina that he was running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election.

On January 19, 2012, Perry announced he would be suspending his campaign for the Republican nomination, and initially endorsed Newt Gingrich but gave his support to Mitt Romney after the former suspended his campaign.

In 1987, Perry voted for a $ 5. 7 billion tax increase proposed by Republican governor Bill Clements.

In 1989, Perry announced that he was switching parties, becoming a Republican.

In 1990, as a newly minted Republican, Perry challenged Jim Hightower, the incumbent Democratic Agriculture Commissioner.

In 2005, after being questioned on the issue by a potential opponent in the Republican governor primary, Perry said that he expressed his support only in order to get Clinton to pay more attention to rural health care.

Gregory, a chicken farmer from Sulphur Springs, Texas, was on the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority with Perry in the early nineties, as a Republican.

Clements also supported the embattled Texas Supreme Court Justice Steven Wayne Smith, who was purged by Governor Rick Perry in the 2004 Republican primary.

Whereas Governor Perry first endorsed former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York City for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, Bill Clements was as early as 2006 already raising funds for the eventual nominee, U. S. Senator John McCain of Arizona.

The charge that the federal indictment of three Chicago narcotics detail detectives `` is the product of rumor, combined with malice, and individual enmity '' on the part of the federal narcotics unit here was made yesterday in their conspiracy trial before Judge Joseph Sam Perry in federal District court.

But the beer hall riot in Subic had been unusual, too, and Walt Perry was convinced that Doc had started it through some expert tactics in rabble rousing.

At Yokosuka he was restricted to the confines of the Base because Walt Perry, being thoughtful, knew that Doc might have to draw some medical supplies from the hospital or the Supply Base.

The family moved north across the Ohio River to free ( i. e., non-slave ) territory and made a new start in what was then Perry County but is now Spencer County, Indiana.

One example was recorded in 1948, by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, Sidney Lippman, and later Perry Como, called A, You're Adorable:

In 2002, Love began composing an album with Linda Perry ; the record, America's Sweetheart, was released on Virgin Records in February 2004, was embraced by critics with mixed reviews.

In 2006, Love started recording what was going to be her second solo album, How Dirty Girls Get Clean, collaborating with again with Perry and Billy Corgan in the writing and recording.

John Perry had written an 1895 paper proposing that the earth's interior was fluid, and disagreeing with Lord Kelvin on the age of the earth.

On March 31, 1854, the or was concluded between Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the U. S. Navy and the Tokugawa shogunate.

Perry concluded the treaty with representatives of the Shogun, led by plenipotentiary and the text was reluctantly endorsed subsequently by Emperor Komei.

One highlight was the acquisition of Gaylord Perry in.

At the age of 13, jazz guitarist Earl Klugh was captivated watching Atkins's guitar playing on The Perry Como Show.

Perry was shot twice ; one shot hit her right lung, the other shot severing her spine.

*" And I Love You So " was covered by Elvis Presley, Helen Reddy, Shirley Bassey, Glen Campbell, Engelbert Humperdinck, Howard Keel and a 1973 hit for Perry Como

Using the name " Edgar A. Perry ", he claimed he was even though he was 18.

An example of this was a 1985 NFL game in which William Perry, wearing number 72 and normally a defensive lineman, was made an eligible receiver on an offensive play, and successfully caught a touchdown pass attempt.

Wray appeared in three episodes of CBS's courtroom drama Perry Mason, the first of which was " The Case Of The Prodigal Parent " ( Episode 1-36 ) aired June 7, 1958.

The first and perhaps still best known UK ' punk zine ' was Sniffin ' Glue, produced by Deptford punk fan Mark Perry.

Sniffin ' Glue ran for 12 photocopied issues ; the first issue was produced by Perry immediately following ( and in response to ) the London debut of The Ramones on July 4, 1976.

The executive order signed in 1996 to turn off Selective Availability in 2000 was proposed by the US Secretary of Defense, William Perry, because of the widespread growth of differential GPS services to improve civilian accuracy and eliminate the US military advantage.

With a solid pitching rotation, which was now ranked among the best in the league, the team traded for 1988 All-Star first baseman Gerald Perry and signed yet another free agent with veteran right-hander Richard Dotson.

The classic Kansas City-style barbecue was an inner-city phenomenon that evolved from the pit of Henry Perry from the Memphis, Tennessee, area in the early 20th century and blossomed in the 18th and Vine neighborhood.