Author: John James FitzpatrickPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Senator Hiram W. Johnson, a Life History, 1866-1945
Author: John James FitzpatrickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
A Bloc of One
Author: Richard Coke LowerPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804720816
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This is the first full-length study of one of the major political figures of twentieth-century America, Hiram Johnson (1866-1945). Elected governor of California in 1910, reelected in 1914, and elevated to the United States Senate in 1916, he characteristically cut his own political path, bringing an apocalyptic intensety to the many battles he waged. Armed with a sharp wit, a talent for invective, and a capacity for self-righteousness, he invigorated the political order around him with the passion he invested in it. Stubbornly independent, he pursued his goals with a fighter's determination. For Johnson, politics was an art not of compromise but of confrontation. As he himself put it, he preferred to be a "bloc of one." Johnson began his political career as an insurgent, a progressive in the stamp of Robert La Follette and Theodore Roosevelt. As governor he thoroughly revamped California's political and social order, creating a legacy that can still be felt today. He helped shape a progressive movement on the national level as well, and was Theodore Roosevelt's running mate on the Progressive party ticket in 1912. Johnson left the governorship in 1917, midway through his second term, to enter the United States Senate, where he served until his death in 1945. Arriving on the eve of America's entry into World War I, he continued to define himself as a reformer but quickly embraced a second cause as well, becoming one of the nation's most adamant proponents of American isolationism. He opposed American entry into the League of Nations in 1919, fought persistently against U.S. entanglement abroad throughout the inter-war years, and from his deathbed voted in 1945 against American entry into the United Nations. Although today he is best remembered as a fierce and uncompromising isolationist, his accomplishments in the Senate as a progressive - such as his decade-long fight for Hoover Dam - were significant and lasting. Johnson's public career encompasses and illuminates almost all the significant political issues, both domestic and international, in American life during the first half of the twentieth century.
Hiram Johnson Letters
Author: Hiram JohnsonPublisher:
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Category : Politicians
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Six typed letters from Johnson to E.M. Norton, in Healdsburg, Calif., written while Johnson was Governor of Calif. and U.S. Senator, discussing political affairs, Johnson's involvement with the presidential race of 1912, and his feelings about U.S. involvement in World War I. Includes a check (1928) issued to Johnson from Norton, and a photo reproduction of a telegram (1934) from Johnson regarding Norton's death.
Bring American Boys Home from Russia
Author: Hiram JohnsonPublisher:
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Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Hiram W. Johnson
Author: The Diary Letters of Hiram Johnson, 1917-1945
Author: Hiram JohnsonPublisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Hiram Johnson Papers
Author: Hiram JohnsonPublisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Contains personal correspondence with Mrs. Hiram W. Johnson, including many undated notes sent from the Senate floor to her seat in the gallery, and with various family members, including Hiram W. Johnson, Jr. (Jack), Philip B. Johnson, and others. Also includes Mrs. Johnson's pocket diary; political and campaign notes, clippings, and memorabilia; and genealogical and other miscellaneous family papers.
In Memoriam, Hiram W. Johnson
Author: Chris N. JespersenHiram W. Johnson for President of the United States
Author: Hiram Johnson Papers
Author: Hiram JohnsonPublisher:
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Category : California
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Includes correspondence; reports; speeches; statements and press releases; scrapbooks; clippings; and printed materials, including government documents. Materials relate to Johnson's political career, covering election campaigns; major legislation, both state and national; and the important issues of the period. Also includes family correspondence.