Kohler: A Political Biography of Walter J.Kohler, Jr.Routledge, 2018 M01 16 - 142 páginas McCarthy and Eisenhower, Nelson, Lucey, and Proxmire--they were all giants of state and national politics in the 1950s. Yet the period also produced Walter J. Kohler, Jr., a three-term governor who, in the words of the Milwaukee Journal, was the most dominant force in Wisconsin politics of his era. In this highly readable biography personalities and events of the 1950s are discussed, as are some of the issues that still divide contemporary Democrats and Republicans in the twenty-first century. Walter Kohler was one of two men to gather 1 million votes for governor in Wisconsin through the end of the twentieth century. He is credited with helping create the Eisenhower presidency, both by his support in Wisconsin's critical presidential primary, and by organizing the nation's Republican governors to endorse Ike in the run-up to the 1952 GOP Convention. He signed the largest income tax cut, in percentage-rate terms, at any level of government between Coolidge and Kennedy. He fought for a vast expansion of Wisconsin's highway system, and in 1952 launched what became a national crusade for traffic safety. He paved the way for coordination of Wisconsin's now-unified university system; took the battle for civil rights to Wisconsin's shipping, hotel, manufacturing, and other industries, and became the first governor in two decades to fulfill his constitutional duty to enact a reapportionment of the state legislature. Fossedal also captures Kohler as political anti-hero.In an age when Americans long for self-governance by our political and corporate officials, Kohler's integrity as a man may be as arresting as his acts as governor. |
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... decades. The state, at the same time, enacted an ambitious highway expansion program that became a spur and a model for other states and the federal government—while having the foresight to adopt aggressive driving safety measures at ...
... decades—and thus put Wisconsin where it traditionally has been, at the front of measures for clean and fair ... decade came to its climax in 1911.”2 Yet, unfortunately, Walter Kohler's role has not been written up and remembered ...
... decade, despite being predominantly agricultural in its rhythm and landscape. Wisconsin's highway expansion program set the pace for the nation and was emulated by President Dwight Eisenhower across the country. Beyond mere expansion ...
... decade. Their inaction had profound implications for the economy and for national politics. After a brief episode of GOP control in Congress and the White House, the country suffered through slow growth, a pair of recessions, and rising ...
... decade of rapid change, even a kind of 1960s upheaval, than a quiet daydream. For several years Walter Kohler stood ... decades. Something here merits more than a passing glance. Note 1. William F. Thompson, The History of Wisconsin ...
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Kohler: A Political Biography of Walter J. Kohler, Jr Gregory A. Fossedal Vista previa limitada - 2003 |