John A. Johnson, the people's governor : a political biography / by Winifred G. Helmes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helmes, Winifred G. (Winifred Gertrude), 1913-2005.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Johnson, John Albert, 1861-1909.

Johnson, John Albert.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 324 pages) : illustrations, portrait

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1949]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first native-born governor of Minnesota, and the only Democrat to have been elected to that office three times, was also the first Minnesotan to have a presidential nomination within his grasp. This study of a man who was, perhaps, the state’s most b.

Contents:

Table of Contents; I. HERITAGE AND YOUTH; II. COUNTRY EDITOR; III. DEBUT IN POLITICS; IV. VICTORY AND DEFEAT; V. PRELUDE TO 1904; VI. THE ELECTION OF 1904; VII. GOVERNOR JOHNSON; VIII. A SECOND TERM; IX. JOHNSON FOR PRESIDENT?; X. THE PEOPLE'S GOVERNOR; XI. MINNESOTA MOURNS; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5784-X

OCLC:

233572648