Statesmen Who Were Never President

by Thompson, Kenneth W.

• ISBN13: 9780761805328
• ISBN10: 076180532X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-10-10
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

Co-published with the Miller Center for Public Affairs. Contents: Preface, Kenneth W. Thompson; Introduction, Kenneth W. Thompson; Clay, Calhoun, and Webster, Merill D. Peterson; John Sherman and James G. Blaine: Two Who Failed, Ari Hoogenboom; William Jennings Bryan: The Voice and Hope of the People, David D. Anderson; Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, Kenneth W. Thompson; Senator Estes Kefauver, Charles L. Fontenay; Richard B. Russell, Jr., Senator from Georgia, Gilbert C. Fite; General of the Army George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statesman, Ed Cray; The Candidacy That Never Was: Owen D. Young and the Presidential Election of 1932, Stephen A. Schuker; Concluding Observations, Kenneth W. Thompson.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	vii	(2)
Kenneth W. Thompson
INTRODUCTION	ix
Kenneth W. Thompson
I	3	(36)
1. CLAY, CALHOUN, AND WEBSTER	3	(18)
Merrill D. Peterson
2. JOHN SHERMAN AND JAMES G. BLAINE: TWO WHO FAILED	21	(18)
Ari Hoogenboom
II	39	(34)
3. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN: THE VOICE AND HOPE OF THE PEOPLE	39	(16)
David D. Anderson
4. ROBERT M. LA FOLLETTE OF WISCONSIN	55	(18)
Kenneth W. Thompson
III	73
5. SENATOR ESTES KEFAUVER	73	(18)
Charles L. Fontenay
6. RICHARD B. RUSSELL, JR. SENATOR FROM GEORGIA	91	(18)
Gilbert C. Fite
7. GENERAL OF THE ARMY GEORGE C. MARSHALL, SOLDIER AND STATESMAN	109	(16)
Ed Cray
8. THE CANDIDACY THAT NEVER WAS: OWEN D. YOUNG AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1932	125	(20)
Stephen A. Schuker
9. CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS	145
Kenneth W. Thompson