Indiana political heroes / Geoffrey Paddock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paddock, Geoffrey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politicians--Indiana--Biography.

Politicians.

Heroes--Indiana--Biography.

Heroes.

Indiana--Politics and government.

Indiana.

Indiana--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Indiana Historical Society Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Politics has always played an important role in Indiana, and the state itself at one time furnished candidates for national office for an assortment of American political parties. From 1840, when Whig William Henry Harrison captured the White House with his "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" campaign, to 1940, when Wendell Willkie won the Republican presidential nomination and challenged incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt's try for a third term in office, approximately 60 percent of the elections had Hoosiers on a party's national ticket. Indiana Political Heroes features essays on eight Hoosie

Contents:

Birch Bayh

John Brademas

R. Vance Hartke

Richard Hatcher

William Hudnut

Richard Ristine

J. Edward Roush

William Ruckelshaus.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-87195-326-9

OCLC:

923709047