The life of Pennsylvania Governor George M. Leader : challenging complacency / Kenneth C. Wolensky, with George M. Leader.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolensky, Kenneth C.

Contributor:

Leader, George M., 1918-2013.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leader, George M., 1918-2013.

Leader, George M.

Governors--Pennsylvania--Biography.

Governors.

Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1951-.

Pennsylvania.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

vi, 189 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bethlehem [Pa.] : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, [2011]

Summary:

The Life of Pennsylvania Governor George M. Leader tells the story of George Michael Leader, who, at thirty-six years old, was the second youngest person ever elected to the office of governor of Pennsylvania and served from 1955 to 1959. His chances at being elected were tenuous at best: Democrats never fared well in pursuit of the governor's office in the Keystone State. His election was an upset. Republican Party stalwarts were stunned at the tally in Leader's favor. Leader's election ushered in an era when the commonwealth's electorate shifted its allegiance from majority Republican to majority Democrat, a trend that continues in the twenty-first century. Book jacket.

Contents:

Early years, parents, and family

World War II and early political ventures

The Keystone State's Chief Executive, 1955-1959

The 1958 U.S. Senate campaign and post-gubernatorial years

Wellness, faith and family

Views, philosophies, and ideas about contemporary issues

The humanitarian

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781611460797

1611460794

9781611460803

1611460808

OCLC:

727658521