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Politician extraordinaire : the tempestuous life and times of Martin L. Davey / Frank P. Vazzano.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vazzano, Frank P., 1941-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Davey, Martin L. (Martin Luther), 1884-1946.
- Davey, Martin L.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- United States.
- Davey Tree Expert Company (Kent, Ohio).
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Governors--Ohio--Biography.
- Governors.
- Businessmen--Ohio--Kent--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Mayors--Ohio--Kent--Biography.
- Mayors.
- Ohio--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- Ohio.
- Kent (Ohio)--Biography.
- Kent (Ohio).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (322 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The biography of a colorful and controversial 20th-century politicianThis carefully researched and engagingly written political biography marks the first full treatment of Ohio native and politician Martin L. Davey. An important figure on the local, state, and national political scene in the early decades of the twentieth century, Davey served as mayor of Kent, Ohio, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and completed two terms as Ohio governor.As Frank Vazzano shows, Davey, a maverick Democrat,
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Prologue""; ""Chapter One: Beginnings""; ""Chapter Two: The Young Salesman""; ""Chapter Three: Scholar and Athlete at Oberlin""; ""Chapter Four: A Business Is Born""; ""Chapter Five: ""Boy Wonder"" Mayor""; ""Chapter Six: Off to Congress""; ""Chapter Seven: Out of Office""; ""Chapter Eight: Back to Washington""; ""Chapter Nine: Governor?""; ""Chapter Ten: The Great Depression Hits Home""; ""Chapter Eleven: Governor!""; ""Chapter Twelve: Battling the Roosevelt Bureaucracy""; ""Chapter Thirteen: Running the State""
- ""Chapter Fourteen: Troubles""""Chapter Fifteen: Last Hurrah""; ""Chapter Sixteen: Finis""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-63101-077-8
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