Claude A. Swanson of Virginia

Claude A. Swanson of Virginia
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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages : 581
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ISBN-10 : 9780813194585
ISBN-13 : 081319458X
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Synopsis Claude A. Swanson of Virginia by : Henry C. FerrellJr.

Spanning most of the years of the one-party South, the public career of Virginian Claude A. Swanson, congressman, governor, senator, and secretary of the navy, extended from the second administration of Grover Cleveland into that of Franklin Roosevelt. His record, writes Henry C. Ferrell, Jr., in this definitive biography, is that of "a skillful legislative diplomat and an exceedingly wise executive encompassed in the personality of a professional politician." As a congressman, Swanson abandoned Cleveland's laissez faire doctrines to become the leading Virginia spokesman for William Jennings Bryan and the Democratic platform of 1896. His achievements as a reform governor are equaled by few Virginia chief executives. In the Senate, Swanson worked to advance the programs of Woodrow Wilson. In the 1920s, he contributed to formulation of Democratic alternatives to Republican policies. In Roosevelt's New Deal cabinet, he helped the Navy obtain favorable treatment during a decade of isolation. The warp and woof of local politics are well explicated by Ferrell to furnish insight into personalities and events that first produced, then sustained, Swan-son's electoral success. He examines Virginia educational, moral, and social reforms; disfranchisement movements; racial and class politics; and the impact of the woman's vote. And he records the growth of the Hampton Roads military-industrial complex, which Swanson brought about. In Virginia, Swanson became a dominant political figure, and Ferrell's study challenges previous interpretations of Virginia politics between 1892 and 1932 that pictured a powerful, reactionary Democratic "Organization," directed by Thomas Staples Martin and his successor Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., defeating would-be progressive reformers. A forgotten Virginia emerges here, one that reveals the pervasive role of agrarians in shaping the Old Dominion's politics and priorities.

Claude A. Swanson of Virginia

Claude A. Swanson of Virginia
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Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 0783775903
ISBN-13 : 9780783775906
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Synopsis Claude A. Swanson of Virginia by : Henry C. Ferrell, Jr.

Claude A. Swanson of Virginia

Claude A. Swanson of Virginia
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Total Pages : 640
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:20447717
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Synopsis Claude A. Swanson of Virginia by : Henry Clifton Ferrell (Jr.)

Claude A. Swanson of Virginia

Claude A. Swanson of Virginia
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Total Pages : 640
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:5375851
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Synopsis Claude A. Swanson of Virginia by : Henry Clifton Ferrell (Jr.)

Message of Hon. Claude A. Swanson

Message of Hon. Claude A. Swanson
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Total Pages : 11
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:6347332
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Synopsis Message of Hon. Claude A. Swanson by : Virginia. Governor (1906-1910 : Swanson)

Silver

Silver
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Total Pages : 13
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:19618376
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Synopsis Silver by : Claude Augustus Swanson

Message of Hon. Claude A. Swanson

Message of Hon. Claude A. Swanson
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Total Pages : 14
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:6347306
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Synopsis Message of Hon. Claude A. Swanson by : Virginia. Governor (1906-1910 : Swanson)

Election Laws

Election Laws
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Total Pages : 8
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:35278902
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Synopsis Election Laws by : Claude Augustus Swanson