Weatherson and Bochin provide a comprehensive portrait of Hiram Johnson, a remarkable man who spent 34 years in the service of his country. As governor of California from 1911 to 1916, he oversaw increased regulation of the Southern Pacific Railroad, supported legislation that improved working conditions, and established commissions that regulated government expenditures and strengthened the civil service. Johnson gained a national reputation both as a progressive and a speaker and was elected to the United States Senate in 1916, where he served until his death in 1945. Johnson was so popular in his home state that he often was renominated by both the Republican and Democratic parties. Contents: Early Courtroom Speaking: Preparing for Political Life; The First Crusade: Running Against the Southern Pacific; The Election of 1912: Campaigning with Roosevelt; Second Term as Governor: Returning to the Republican Party; "Follow That Train": Attacking Wilson and the League; "The Issue is America": Seeking the Presidential Nomination; Critic of Coolidge and Hoover: Fighting the Conservative Reaction; New Deal and Neutrality: The Final Speeches.
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Johnson, governor and later US senator from California, was one of the critical figures of the Progressive movement. As governor (1910-1916) he oversaw the implementation of popular democratic initiatives in the state, and was the first vice-presidential nominee at the National Progressive Party Convention. In 1917, he resigned as governor to launch a 29-year career in the Senate, during which he became one of the nation's foremost proponents of unilateralism and nonintervention in world affairs. His career provides a clue to the oft-debated historical question: What happened to the Progressive Movement in the 1920s? This bibliography makes Johnson's career accessible to general scholars and offers useful leads to Johnson's speeches and writings for the specialist. Especially valuable are the more than 100 citations to and abstracts of speeches in the Congressional Record and the list of manuscript collections holding some of Johnson's letters.Choice
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MICHAEL A. WEATHERSON is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech Communication at Southeast Missouri State University.
HAL BOCHIN is Professor of Speech Communication at California State University, Fresno. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
HAL BOCHIN is Professor of Speech Communication at California State University, Fresno. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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