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Languages : en
Pages : 305
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History of the Progressive Party 1912-1916. Ed. with a Biogr. Introd. by H.M. Hooker
Author: History of the Progressive Party, 1912-1916. Edited with a Biographical Introd. by Helene Maxwell Hooker
Author: Amos PinchotHistory of the Progressive Party, 1912-1916
Author: Amos PinchotPublisher: Praeger
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Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This volume tells the story of the Progressive Party from 1912 to 1916. It was a political party created by a split in the Republican Party in the presidential election of 1912. It was formed by Theodore Roosevelt when he lost the Republican nomination to William Howard Taft and pulled his delegates out of the convention. The party is colloquially also known as the Bull Moose Party, after the party's emblem and after Roosevelt's boast that he was "as strong as a bull moose". Though the author, Amos Pinchot (1872-1944), was a member of Roosevelt's inner circle during the Bull Moose campaign of 1912, Amos exasperated the former president with his moralistic criticism of the role of big business in the party, including his criticism of the party chairman, George W. Perkins, who was a leading industrialist and sat on the board of U.S. Steel. Pinchot ultimately joined the Democratic Party, defended the rights of workers, and became acquainted with leftist intellectuals.
History of the Progressive Party, 1912-1916 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Amos R. E. PinchotPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259898696
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Excerpt from History of the Progressive Party, 1912-1916 As a glance at the footnotes for the Biographical Introduction will indicate, the great bulk of my information comes from two sources manuscript material and the personal recollections of people who knew Amos Pinchot. My most important source has been the Amos Pinchot Papers, which are in the Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Here are deposited carbon copies of his letters, letters to him, drafts of books and articles, memoranda, rough notes, and most of his published material. Second in impor tance for my purposes have been the Gifford Pinchot Papers, that huge repository of material that is also in the Library of Congress. In addition, I have used the lane Addams Papers, the Ray Stannard Baker Papers, the Albert J. Beveridge Papers, the Harold L. Ickes Papers, the Theodore Roosevelt Papers, the Woodrow Wilson Papers, the William Allen White Papers, and the Robert Woolley Papers, all at the Library of Congress. I have also used the William Kent Papers at Yale University. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
History of the Progressive Party, 1912-1916.
Author: Amos 1873-1944 PinchotPublisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781015081130
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
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The Progressive Party
Author: The Progressive Party
Author: Progressive Party (Founded 1912). National CommitteePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 132
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La Follette's Autobiography
Author: Robert Marion La FollettePublisher:
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
The autobiography of Robert La Follette (1855-1925) traces the political life and accomplishments of this eminent Republican politician from his election as district attorney for Dane County, Wisconsin in 1880 to the presidential campaign of 1912, when his bid to dislodge President William Howard Taft was pushed aside by former president Theodore Roosevelt on the Progressive Party's national ticket. The book emphasizes tactics, strategies, and coalition-building as well as La Follette's assessments of various local and national public figures. We learn little about La Follette's childhood, education, legal training or family life, although he does pay tribute to his wife, a lawyer and civic reformer in her own right. La Follette served three terms in Congress (1885-1891); and after a decade of private law practice and grassroots activism, was elected Wisconsin's governor (1900-1904). From 1905 until his death, La Follette was a senator. He crusaded at state and national level against powerful, unregulated business interests--especially the railroads--which he felt exerted undue influence upon government. He also championed open primary elections, equitable taxation of corporations, and public management of public resources by highly qualified, non-partisan public servants. While many of these influential reforms were instituted at the state level during his governorship, his contribution in the Senate may have had less to do with his legislative record than with his ability to rally forces around well-articulated programs.
American Reformers
Author: Alden WhitmanPublisher: New York : H.W. Wilson Company
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
Contains biographies of 508 men and women who were the principal architects of reform in America from the seventeenth century to modern times.
Aksesjonskatalog over utenlandsk litteratur
Author: Norske Nobelinstitutt. BiblioteketPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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