interesting " . Stiernberg praised his dynamic with Carell , comparing it to their previous roles in Anchorman . His later appearances in the series also received similar mixed reviews For instance , McNutt called Ferrell 's scenes a " momentum killer " in " Goodbye , Michael " , whereas Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone called his performance in the same episode " pure magic " .   = J. C. W. Beckham =   John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham ( August 5 , 1869 – January 9 , 1940 ) was the 35th Governor of Kentucky and a United States Senator from Kentucky . He was the state 's first popularly elected senator following passage of the Seventeenth Amendment .   Descended from a prominent political family , Beckham was chosen as Democrat William Goebel 's running mate in the gubernatorial election of 1899 despite the fact that he was not yet of legal age to serve as governor if called to do so . Goebel lost the election to Republican William S. Taylor , but the Kentucky General Assembly disputed the election results . During the political wrangling that followed , an unknown assassin shot Goebel . A day later the General Assembly invalidated enough votes to give the election to Goebel , who was sworn into office on his deathbed . Taylor claimed the election had been stolen by the Democratic majority in the General Assembly and a legal fight ensued between him and Beckham over the governorship . Beckham ultimately prevailed and Taylor fled the state .   Following his term as governor , Beckham made a bid to become a U.S. Senator . His stance in favor of prohibition cost him the votes of four legislators in his own party and the seat went to Republican William O. Bradley . Six years later Beckham secured the seat by popular election , but he lost his re @-@ election bid largely because of his pro @-@ temperance views and his opposition to women 's suffrage . Though he continued to play an active role in state politics for another two decades , he never returned to elected office , failing in his gubernatorial bid in 1927 and his senatorial campaign in 1936 . He died in Louisville on January 9 , 1940 .   = = Early life = =   J. C. W. Beckham was born at Wickland , near Bardstown in Nelson County , Kentucky , son of William Netherton and Julia Tevis ( Wickliffe ) Beckham . His maternal grandfather , Charles A. Wickliffe , was governor of Kentucky from 1839 to 1840 and served as postmaster general in the administration of John Tyler . His uncle , Robert C. Wickliffe , served as governor of Louisiana .   Beckham obtained his early education at Roseland Academy in Bardstown . In 1881 he served as a page in the Kentucky House of Representatives at the age of 12 . Later , he enrolled at Central University ( now Eastern Kentucky University ) in Richmond , Kentucky but was forced to quit school at the age of 17 to support his widowed mother . Two years later , he became principal of Bardstown public schools , serving from 1888 to 1893 . Concurrently , he studied law at the University of Kentucky , where he earned his law degree in 1889 . He was admitted to the bar , and commenced practice in Bardstown in 1893 . He also served as president of the Young Democrats ' Club of Nelson County .   = = Political career = =   Beckham 's political career began in 1894 when he was elected without opposition to the Kentucky House of Representatives . He served four consecutive terms and was Speaker of the House in 1898 , his final year in the House . He also served as a delegate to every Democratic National Convention from 1900 to 1920 .   = = = Governor of Kentucky = = =   Democrat William Goebel chose Beckham as his running mate in the Kentucky gubernatorial election of 1899 . Goebel was hesitant about the selection because he wanted someone who could deliver the vote of his home county in the general election , and Beckham 's native Nelson County was already committed to a rival candidate . But friends of Goebel assured him that Beckham would be loyal to Goebel 's reform agenda , whereas the two other men Goebel was considering as running mates would " stack the Senate committees against him . " Beckham was not yet 30 , the minimum age to serve as governor , at the time of his selection .   Goebel lost a close election to Republican William S. Taylor . When the General Assembly 's session opened on January 2 , 1900 , the election results were immediately challenged . With Democrats in control of both houses of the Assembly , the results seemed sure to be reversed . The Assembly was still deliberating on January 30 , 1900 , when Goebel was shot by an unknown assailant as he entered the state capitol building . The following day , as Goebel was being treated for his wounds at a local hotel , the General Assembly invalidated enough votes to give him the election . He was sworn into office from his bed the same day . Three days later Goebel died , never
interesting Ġ" Ġ. ĠSt ier n berg Ġpraised Ġhis Ġdynamic Ġwith ĠCare ll Ġ, Ġcomparing Ġit Ġto Ġtheir Ġprevious Ġroles Ġin ĠAnch orman Ġ. ĠHis Ġlater Ġappearances Ġin Ġthe Ġseries Ġalso Ġreceived Ġsimilar Ġmixed Ġreviews ĠFor Ġinstance Ġ, ĠMcN utt Ġcalled ĠFer rell Ġ' s Ġscenes Ġa Ġ" Ġmomentum Ġkiller Ġ" Ġin Ġ" ĠGoodbye Ġ, ĠMichael Ġ" Ġ, Ġwhereas ĠRob ĠSheffield Ġof ĠRolling ĠStone Ġcalled Ġhis Ġperformance Ġin Ġthe Ġsame Ġepisode Ġ" Ġpure Ġmagic Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠJ . ĠC . ĠW . ĠBeckham Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠJohn ĠCre pps ĠWick l iffe ĠBeckham Ġ( ĠAugust Ġ5 Ġ, Ġ18 69 ĠâĢĵ ĠJanuary Ġ9 Ġ, Ġ1940 Ġ) Ġwas Ġthe Ġ35 th ĠGovernor Ġof ĠKentucky Ġand Ġa ĠUnited ĠStates ĠSenator Ġfrom ĠKentucky Ġ. ĠHe Ġwas Ġthe Ġstate Ġ' s Ġfirst Ġpopular ly Ġelected Ġsenator Ġfollowing Ġpassage Ġof Ġthe ĠSevent eenth ĠAmendment Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠDesc ended Ġfrom Ġa Ġprominent Ġpolitical Ġfamily Ġ, ĠBeckham Ġwas Ġchosen Ġas ĠDemocrat ĠWilliam ĠGo eb el Ġ' s Ġrunning Ġmate Ġin Ġthe Ġgubernatorial Ġelection Ġof Ġ1899 Ġdespite Ġthe Ġfact Ġthat Ġhe Ġwas Ġnot Ġyet Ġof Ġlegal Ġage Ġto Ġserve Ġas Ġgovernor Ġif Ġcalled Ġto Ġdo Ġso Ġ. ĠGo eb el Ġlost Ġthe Ġelection Ġto ĠRepublican ĠWilliam ĠS . ĠTaylor Ġ, Ġbut Ġthe ĠKentucky ĠGeneral ĠAssembly Ġdisputed Ġthe Ġelection Ġresults Ġ. ĠDuring Ġthe Ġpolitical Ġwr angling Ġthat Ġfollowed Ġ, Ġan Ġunknown Ġassassin Ġshot ĠGo eb el Ġ. ĠA Ġday Ġlater Ġthe ĠGeneral ĠAssembly Ġinvalid ated Ġenough Ġvotes Ġto Ġgive Ġthe Ġelection Ġto ĠGo eb el Ġ, Ġwho Ġwas Ġsworn Ġinto Ġoffice Ġon Ġhis Ġdeath bed Ġ. ĠTaylor Ġclaimed Ġthe Ġelection Ġhad Ġbeen Ġstolen Ġby Ġthe ĠDemocratic Ġmajority Ġin Ġthe ĠGeneral ĠAssembly Ġand Ġa Ġlegal Ġfight Ġensued Ġbetween Ġhim Ġand ĠBeckham Ġover Ġthe Ġgovern orship Ġ. ĠBeckham Ġultimately Ġprevailed Ġand ĠTaylor Ġfled Ġthe Ġstate Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠFollowing Ġhis Ġterm Ġas Ġgovernor Ġ, ĠBeckham Ġmade Ġa Ġbid Ġto Ġbecome Ġa ĠU . S . ĠSenator Ġ. ĠHis Ġstance Ġin Ġfavor Ġof Ġprohibition Ġcost Ġhim Ġthe Ġvotes Ġof Ġfour Ġlegislators Ġin Ġhis Ġown Ġparty Ġand Ġthe Ġseat Ġwent Ġto ĠRepublican ĠWilliam ĠO . ĠBradley Ġ. ĠSix Ġyears Ġlater ĠBeckham Ġsecured Ġthe Ġseat Ġby Ġpopular Ġelection Ġ, Ġbut Ġhe Ġlost Ġhis Ġre Ġ@ - @ Ġelection Ġbid Ġlargely Ġbecause Ġof Ġhis Ġpro Ġ@ - @ Ġtemper ance Ġviews Ġand Ġhis Ġopposition Ġto Ġwomen Ġ' s Ġsuff rage Ġ. ĠThough Ġhe Ġcontinued Ġto Ġplay Ġan Ġactive Ġrole Ġin Ġstate Ġpolitics Ġfor Ġanother Ġtwo Ġdecades Ġ, Ġhe Ġnever Ġreturned Ġto Ġelected Ġoffice Ġ, Ġfailing Ġin Ġhis Ġgubernatorial Ġbid Ġin Ġ1927 Ġand Ġhis Ġsenator ial Ġcampaign Ġin Ġ1936 Ġ. ĠHe Ġdied Ġin ĠLouisville Ġon ĠJanuary Ġ9 Ġ, Ġ1940 Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠEarly Ġlife Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠJ . ĠC . ĠW . ĠBeckham Ġwas Ġborn Ġat ĠWick land Ġ, Ġnear ĠBard stown Ġin ĠNelson ĠCounty Ġ, ĠKentucky Ġ, Ġson Ġof ĠWilliam ĠNether ton Ġand ĠJulia ĠTe vis Ġ( ĠWick l iffe Ġ) ĠBeckham Ġ. ĠHis Ġmaternal Ġgrandfather Ġ, ĠCharles ĠA . ĠWick l iffe Ġ, Ġwas Ġgovernor Ġof ĠKentucky Ġfrom Ġ18 39 Ġto Ġ1840 Ġand Ġserved Ġas Ġpost master Ġgeneral Ġin Ġthe Ġadministration Ġof ĠJohn ĠTyler Ġ. ĠHis Ġuncle Ġ, ĠRobert ĠC . ĠWick l iffe Ġ, Ġserved Ġas Ġgovernor Ġof ĠLouisiana Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠBeckham Ġobtained Ġhis Ġearly Ġeducation Ġat ĠRose land ĠAcademy Ġin ĠBard stown Ġ. ĠIn Ġ18 81 Ġhe Ġserved Ġas Ġa Ġpage Ġin Ġthe ĠKentucky ĠHouse Ġof ĠRepresentatives Ġat Ġthe Ġage Ġof Ġ12 Ġ. ĠLater Ġ, Ġhe Ġenrolled Ġat ĠCentral ĠUniversity Ġ( Ġnow ĠEastern ĠKentucky ĠUniversity Ġ) Ġin ĠRichmond Ġ, ĠKentucky Ġbut Ġwas Ġforced Ġto Ġquit Ġschool Ġat Ġthe Ġage Ġof Ġ17 Ġto Ġsupport Ġhis Ġwid owed Ġmother Ġ. ĠTwo Ġyears Ġlater Ġ, Ġhe Ġbecame Ġprincipal Ġof ĠBard stown Ġpublic Ġschools Ġ, Ġserving Ġfrom Ġ1888 Ġto Ġ1893 Ġ. ĠConc urrent ly Ġ, Ġhe Ġstudied Ġlaw Ġat Ġthe ĠUniversity Ġof ĠKentucky Ġ, Ġwhere Ġhe Ġearned Ġhis Ġlaw Ġdegree Ġin Ġ1889 Ġ. ĠHe Ġwas Ġadmitted Ġto Ġthe Ġbar Ġ, Ġand Ġcommenced Ġpractice Ġin ĠBard stown Ġin Ġ1893 Ġ. ĠHe Ġalso Ġserved Ġas Ġpresident Ġof Ġthe ĠYoung ĠDemocrats Ġ' ĠClub Ġof ĠNelson ĠCounty Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠPolitical Ġcareer Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠBeckham Ġ' s Ġpolitical Ġcareer Ġbegan Ġin Ġ18 94 Ġwhen Ġhe Ġwas Ġelected Ġwithout Ġopposition Ġto Ġthe ĠKentucky ĠHouse Ġof ĠRepresentatives Ġ. ĠHe Ġserved Ġfour Ġconsecutive Ġterms Ġand Ġwas ĠSpeaker Ġof Ġthe ĠHouse Ġin Ġ1898 Ġ, Ġhis Ġfinal Ġyear Ġin Ġthe ĠHouse Ġ. ĠHe Ġalso Ġserved Ġas Ġa Ġdelegate Ġto Ġevery ĠDemocratic ĠNational ĠConvention Ġfrom Ġ1900 Ġto Ġ1920 Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠGovernor Ġof ĠKentucky Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠDemocrat ĠWilliam ĠGo eb el Ġchose ĠBeckham Ġas Ġhis Ġrunning Ġmate Ġin Ġthe ĠKentucky Ġgubernatorial Ġelection Ġof Ġ1899 Ġ. ĠGo eb el Ġwas Ġhesitant Ġabout Ġthe Ġselection Ġbecause Ġhe Ġwanted Ġsomeone Ġwho Ġcould Ġdeliver Ġthe Ġvote Ġof Ġhis Ġhome Ġcounty Ġin Ġthe Ġgeneral Ġelection Ġ, Ġand ĠBeckham Ġ' s Ġnative ĠNelson ĠCounty Ġwas Ġalready Ġcommitted Ġto Ġa Ġrival Ġcandidate Ġ. ĠBut Ġfriends Ġof ĠGo eb el Ġassured Ġhim Ġthat ĠBeckham Ġwould Ġbe Ġloyal Ġto ĠGo eb el Ġ' s Ġreform Ġagenda Ġ, Ġwhereas Ġthe Ġtwo Ġother Ġmen ĠGo eb el Ġwas Ġconsidering Ġas Ġrunning Ġmates Ġwould Ġ" Ġstack Ġthe ĠSenate Ġcommittees Ġagainst Ġhim Ġ. Ġ" ĠBeckham Ġwas Ġnot Ġyet Ġ30 Ġ, Ġthe Ġminimum Ġage Ġto Ġserve Ġas Ġgovernor Ġ, Ġat Ġthe Ġtime Ġof Ġhis Ġselection Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠGo eb el Ġlost Ġa Ġclose Ġelection Ġto ĠRepublican ĠWilliam ĠS . ĠTaylor Ġ. ĠWhen Ġthe ĠGeneral ĠAssembly Ġ' s Ġsession Ġopened Ġon ĠJanuary Ġ2 Ġ, Ġ1900 Ġ, Ġthe Ġelection Ġresults Ġwere Ġimmediately Ġchallenged Ġ. ĠWith ĠDemocrats Ġin Ġcontrol Ġof Ġboth Ġhouses Ġof Ġthe ĠAssembly Ġ, Ġthe Ġresults Ġseemed Ġsure Ġto Ġbe Ġreversed Ġ. ĠThe ĠAssembly Ġwas Ġstill Ġdeliber ating Ġon ĠJanuary Ġ30 Ġ, Ġ1900 Ġ, Ġwhen ĠGo eb el Ġwas Ġshot Ġby Ġan Ġunknown Ġassailant Ġas Ġhe Ġentered Ġthe Ġstate Ġcap itol Ġbuilding Ġ. ĠThe Ġfollowing Ġday Ġ, Ġas ĠGo eb el Ġwas Ġbeing Ġtreated Ġfor Ġhis Ġwounds Ġat Ġa Ġlocal Ġhotel Ġ, Ġthe ĠGeneral ĠAssembly Ġinvalid ated Ġenough Ġvotes Ġto Ġgive Ġhim Ġthe Ġelection Ġ. ĠHe Ġwas Ġsworn Ġinto Ġoffice Ġfrom Ġhis Ġbed Ġthe Ġsame Ġday Ġ. ĠThree Ġdays Ġlater ĠGo eb el Ġdied Ġ, Ġnever