"Lonely at the Top"

[Sam Clements]

Michael Quinion found the 1945 NewspaperArchive one.

ProQuest has 1935.  A story about three New Dealers who help Roosevelt--- by
Ray Tucker in the NY Times, Pg SM9, 3 Feb. 1935

(speaking about vp John Nance Garner)

<<He misses the excitement of the House.  Whenever Mayor La Guardia visits
Washington their talk turns wistfully to those rough-and-tumble days in the
House.  The "V. P." wishes that he could take the floor again for a session
of political fisticuffs, and the Mayor admits that he would swap his City
Hall job for the fun of pounding opposition benches once more.  Mr. Garner
has found that it is lonely at the top.>>

Sam Clements

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Shapiro" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:13 PM
Subject: "Lonely at the Top"


> Here's another one: I am trying to trace back the proverb "It's lonely at
> the top."  Can anyone tell me the earliest occurrence of this on ProQuest
> Historical Newspapers or Newspaperarchive.com?
>
> Fred Shapiro