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Morgan Bulkeley (1837–1922) was an American politician and business executive from Connecticut , who was, in 1876, the first president of baseball 's National League . A Civil War veteran and the son of the first president of the Aetna Life Insurance Company , Bulkeley also led Aetna, from 1879 until his death. A Republican , he was from 1880 to 1888 mayor of Hartford , and starting in 1889 served as governor of Connecticut . He controversially remained in office for a second two-year term because the houses of the state legislature could not agree about the outcome of the 1890 election . A Democratic official locked a door in the State Capitol against him, and Bulkeley had it opened with a crowbar , thus becoming "the Crowbar Governor". He left office in 1893, and served as a U.S. senator from 1905 to 1911. After his death in 1922, a bridge and a high school were named for him. His induction in 1937 into the Baseball Hall of Fame remains controversial because his involvement in the game was brief. ( Full article... )
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The Jurisdictional Assignment Plan of the BC Construction Industry was established in 1978. A joint initiative of CLR and the BC & Yukon Territory Building & Construction Trades Council, the JAplan provides a forum for adjudication of jurisdictional disputes. Access to the Jurisdictional Assignment Plan process is included in most of the ...
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