Download or read book Hiram Johnson written by Michael A. Weatherson and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1995 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weatherson and Bochin provide a comprehensive portrait of Hiram Johnson, a remarkable man who spent 34 years in the service of his country. As governor of California from 1911 to 1916, he oversaw increased regulation of the Southern Pacific Railroad, supported legislation that improved working conditions, and established commissions that regulated government expenditures and strengthened the civil service. Johnson gained a national reputation both as a progressive and a speaker and was elected to the United States Senate in 1916, where he served until his death in 1945. Johnson was so popular in his home state that he often was renominated by both the Republican and Democratic parties. Contents: Early Courtroom Speaking: Preparing for Political Life; The First Crusade: Running Against the Southern Pacific; The Election of 1912: Campaigning with Roosevelt; Second Term as Governor: Returning to the Republican Party; "Follow That Train: " Attacking Wilson and the League; "The Issue is America: " Seeking the Presidential Nomination; Critic of Coolidge and Hoover: Fighting the Conservative Reaction; New Deal and Neutrality: The Final Speeche
Download or read book A Bloc of One written by Richard Coke Lower and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full-length study of one of the major political figures of twentieth-century America, Hiram Johnson (1866-1945). Elected governor of California in 1910, reelected in 1914, and elevated to the United States Senate in 1916, he characteristically cut his own political path, bringing an apocalyptic intensety to the many battles he waged. Armed with a sharp wit, a talent for invective, and a capacity for self-righteousness, he invigorated the political order around him with the passion he invested in it. Stubbornly independent, he pursued his goals with a fighter's determination. For Johnson, politics was an art not of compromise but of confrontation. As he himself put it, he preferred to be a "bloc of one." Johnson began his political career as an insurgent, a progressive in the stamp of Robert La Follette and Theodore Roosevelt. As governor he thoroughly revamped California's political and social order, creating a legacy that can still be felt today. He helped shape a progressive movement on the national level as well, and was Theodore Roosevelt's running mate on the Progressive party ticket in 1912. Johnson left the governorship in 1917, midway through his second term, to enter the United States Senate, where he served until his death in 1945. Arriving on the eve of America's entry into World War I, he continued to define himself as a reformer but quickly embraced a second cause as well, becoming one of the nation's most adamant proponents of American isolationism. He opposed American entry into the League of Nations in 1919, fought persistently against U.S. entanglement abroad throughout the inter-war years, and from his deathbed voted in 1945 against American entry into the United Nations. Although today he is best remembered as a fierce and uncompromising isolationist, his accomplishments in the Senate as a progressive - such as his decade-long fight for Hoover Dam - were significant and lasting. Johnson's public career encompasses and illuminates almost all the significant political issues, both domestic and international, in American life during the first half of the twentieth century.
Download or read book Hiram Johnson Letters written by Hiram Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six typed letters from Johnson to E.M. Norton, in Healdsburg, Calif., written while Johnson was Governor of Calif. and U.S. Senator, discussing political affairs, Johnson's involvement with the presidential race of 1912, and his feelings about U.S. involvement in World War I. Includes a check (1928) issued to Johnson from Norton, and a photo reproduction of a telegram (1934) from Johnson regarding Norton's death.
Download or read book The Diary Letters of Hiram Johnson 1917 1945 written by Hiram Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hiram Johnson Papers written by Hiram Johnson and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes correspondence; reports; speeches; statements and press releases; scrapbooks; clippings; and printed materials, including government documents. Materials relate to Johnson's political career, covering election campaigns; major legislation, both state and national; and the important issues of the period. Also includes family correspondence.
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Download or read book The Diary Letters of Hiram Johnson 1917 1945 April 1917 March 1918 Includes an introduction to the set written by Hiram Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Senator Hiram W Johnson a Life History 1866 1945 written by John James Fitzpatrick and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Diary Letters of Hiram Johnson written by Hiram Johnson and published by Garland Publishing. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 5028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hiram Johnson Papers written by Hiram Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains personal correspondence with Mrs. Hiram W. Johnson, including many undated notes sent from the Senate floor to her seat in the gallery, and with various family members, including Hiram W. Johnson, Jr. (Jack), Philip B. Johnson, and others. Also includes Mrs. Johnson's pocket diary; political and campaign notes, clippings, and memorabilia; and genealogical and other miscellaneous family papers.
Download or read book Reason to Fight written by Hiram Johnson and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a double injustice-Bernice Johnson was wrongly imprisoned, then wronged in prison.Reason To Fight is the story of Bernice Johnson, an African American woman who in 1926 acted in self-defense but was sentenced to two years hard labor in the Mississippi State Penitentiary-The Infamous Parchman Farm. While serving time, Bernice was assaulted by a white authority figure and became pregnant. Bernice's baby was born on November 19th, 1928, three days after she was released from prison. That child was Fred Douglas Johnson, Father of Hiram Johnson-The author of this book.Reason To Fight is a real life-detective story that reveals how Hiram Johnson learned the truth about his family history. Johnson made the most of his experience as a professional law enforcement officer as he tracked down leads and brought to light secrets that had been hidden for decades."
Download or read book The Diary Letters of Hiram Johnson written by Hiram Johnson and published by Garland Publishing. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 5028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Diary Letters of Hiram Johnson 1917 1945 a Seven volume Set Reproducing a Major Source for Modern American Political History with an Extensive Introduction and Index written by Hiram Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hiram Johnson written by Michael A. Weatherson and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1988 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a bio-bibliographical sketch of Johnson, this work is divided into two sections. It begins with a biographical sketch of Johnson's political career; this provides a perspective on California's progressive era, the League of Nations controversy, the Great Depression and the New Deal, the controversy over the reorganization of the Supreme Court, and preparation for World War II. Quotations from Johnson's major speeches, newspaper accounts of his campaigns, and excerpts from personal letters are included. The biographical sketch is followed by an annotated bibliography that is divided into a collection of selected works mentioning Johnson, articles written by him, and a collection of important speeches taken from the Congressional Record.
Download or read book The Diary Letters of Hiram Johnson written by Hiram Johnson and published by Garland Publishing. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 5028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Diary Letters of Hiram Johnson written by Hiram Johnson and published by Garland Publishing. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 5028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Diary Letters of Hiram Johnson written by Hiram Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
