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Autore |
Paddock Geoffrey |
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Titolo |
Indiana political heroes / / Geoffrey Paddock |
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Indianapolis : , : Indiana Historical Society Press, , 2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Politicians - Indiana |
Heroes - Indiana |
Indiana Politics and government |
Indiana Biography |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Birch Bayh -- John Brademas -- R. Vance Hartke -- Richard Hatcher -- William Hudnut -- Richard Ristine -- J. Edward Roush -- William Ruckelshaus. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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