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==U.S. Senator James Wadsworth==

==U.S. Senator James Wadsworth==

After Walsh resigned as manager in 1910, John S. Summerfield served for a year in that capacity. His successor was James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., a nephew of Cornelia Adair. Cornelia came across Wadsworth in England and offered him the vacant position. He was the manager until 1915, when he was elected as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] to the [[United States Senate]] from his home state of New York. He was also a former Speaker of the New York Assembly and a future member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], serving in the House after his Senate tenure. Though Texas at the time was historically [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], many of the Adairs were Republicans or Republican sympathizers.<ref name=PPHM/>​

After Walsh resigned as manager in 1910, John S. Summerfield served for a year in that capacity. His successor was James Wolcott Wadsworth, Jr., a nephew of Cornelia Adair. Cornelia came across Wadsworth in England and offered him the vacant position. He was the manager until 1915, when he was elected as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] to the [[United States Senate]] from his home state of New York. He was also a former Speaker of the New York Assembly and a future member of the [[United States House of Representatives]], serving in the House after his Senate tenure. Though Texas at the time was historically [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], many of the Adairs were Republicans or Republican sympathizers.<ref name=PPHM/>​

 

==Troubles with Timothy Hobart==​

==Troubles with Timothy Hobart==

 

Upon Wadsworth’s popular-vote election to the Senate under the new [[Seventeenth Amendment]] to the [[Constitution of the United States]], [[Timothy Dwight Hobart]], a [[Vermont]] native living in Pampa in Gray County in the eastern Panhandle, became the new JA manager.<ref>http://www.rra.dst.tx.us/c_t/people/tdHOBART.cfm</ref> Hobart discouraged Cornelia’s young grandson, Montgomery Harrison Wadsworth "Montie" Ritchie (1910–1999), from remaining at the ranch, perhaps because Hobart’s son wanted to become the manager. Montie Ritchie, who held dual British and American citizenship, was hence given all the toughest horses to ride, and he was once abandoned by the hands after a bronco bucked him.<ref>[http://www.ranches.org/snooks_sparks.htm Snooks Sparks<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>​

Upon Wadsworth’s popular-vote election to the Senate under the new [[Seventeenth Amendment]] to the [[Constitution of the United States]], [[Timothy Hobart|Timothy Dwight Hobart]], a [[Vermont]] native living in Pampa in Gray County in the eastern Panhandle, became the new JA manager.<ref>http://www.rra.dst.tx.us/c_t/people/tdHOBART.cfm</ref> Hobart discouraged Cornelia’s young grandson, Montgomery Harrison Wadsworth "Montie" Ritchie (1910–1999), from remaining at the ranch, perhaps because Hobart’s son wanted to become the manager. Montie Ritchie, who held dual British and American citizenship, was hence given all the toughest horses to ride, and he was once abandoned by the hands after a bronco bucked him.<ref>[http://www.ranches.org/snooks_sparks.htm Snooks Sparks<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>​

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Cornelia Adair designated Hobart and [[Dallas]] [[attorney]] Henry C. Coke as executors of her estate. She died in [[England]] in December 1921. Earlier in the year, Cornelia had been at the JA and posed for a picture with the ranch hands on the celebration of her 84th and last birthday. In her will, Cornelia left most JA properties to son Jack Ritchie, and his heirs, including Jack’s sons. Her estate also put a financial burden on the JA for payment of her other debts. Not until 1948 was the Adair estate, with its accompanying debts and inheritances, finally resolved.<ref name=hbook/>​

Cornelia Adair designated Hobart and [[Dallas]] [[attorney]] Henry C. Coke as executors of her estate. She died in [[England]] in December 1921. Earlier in the year, Cornelia had been at the JA and posed for a picture with the ranch hands on the celebration of her 84th and last birthday. In her will, Cornelia left most JA properties to son Jack Ritchie, and his heirs, including Jack’s sons. Her estate also put a financial burden on the JA for payment of her other debts. Not until 1948 was the Adair estate, with its accompanying debts and inheritances, finally resolved.<ref name=hbook/>​