Marion Butler and American Populism / James L. Hunt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunt, James L. (James Logan), 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legislators--United States--Biography.

Legislators.

Politicians--North Carolina--Biography.

Politicians.

Populism--North Carolina--History.

Populism.

North Carolina--Politics and government--1865-1950.

North Carolina.

United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.

United States.

Butler, Marion, 1863-1938.

Butler, Marion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (354 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Exploring the life and leadership of Populist Marion Butler (1863-1938), James Hunt offers new insight into the challenges of American reform politics. The son of North Carolina farmers and a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Butler displayed an early proclivity for agrarian reform. By age twenty-eight he led the Farmers' Alliance of North Carolina; two years later he was elected president of the national Alliance. Butler served in the U.S. Senate as a Populist from 1895 to 1901 and was chairman of the national Populist Party during the critical presidential elections of 18

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Foundation for Leadership; 2. An Alliance Education; 3. The Crisis of Alliance Politics; 4. The Beginning of Populist Politics; 5. A Political Revolution; 6. Silver and the Senate; 7. Preparing for a New Order; 8. Populist Pinnacle; 9. Factional Politics; 10. The Narrowing of Reform; 11. A Prelude to Disfranchisement; 12. The End of the People's Party; 13. Progressive Era Hopes and Disappointments; 14. The Failure of Republican Progressivism; 15. Fading Memories; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798890867728

9780807862506

0807862509

OCLC:

476236888