Not a member of any organized party

And don't take life too serious...

Will Rogers, who was born November 4, 1879, didn’t let elections get to him. He did point out that “I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” But “Do the best you can,” he also said, “and don’t take life too serious.”

Rogers was an enormously popular star in the 1920s and 30s. He was born in Oklahoma in the Cherokee Nation, an…