Many years ago I had a very casual, infrequent acquaintance with Governor Dave Cargo here in New Mexico. I still remember when he made the comment that at the inaugaration of his successor he had quite an entourage of people accompanying him to the capital building for the event. After the event he had to go to the parking lot by himself to get in his pickup to drive home. The contrast of before and after really was obvious to him.
Gov. Cargo. That is a blast from the past...
Didn’t he have a bit part in a movie (comedy perhaps?) back in the ‘70s? I seem to remember it from high school...
Then there was Governor Orval Faubus, of Arkansas. He came out second best in a confrontation with Ike, you may recall.
According to his NY Times obit, "After leaving office, Mr. Faubus made sporadic attempts at a comeback, running for governor unsuccessfully in 1970, 1974 and 1986 and spending much of his time as a bank teller in the Ozark town of Huntsville." Nowadays, we have ATMs.