03001nam 2200613Ia 450 991045548260332120200520144314.00-8078-6250-9(CKB)111087027918644(EBL)413319(OCoLC)476236888(SSID)ssj0000197889(PQKBManifestationID)12066470(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000197889(PQKBWorkID)10161113(PQKB)10066477(MiAaPQ)EBC413319(Au-PeEL)EBL413319(CaPaEBR)ebr10052962(CaONFJC)MIL930269(EXLCZ)9911108702791864420040625d2003 my 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMarion Butler and American Populism[electronic resource] /James L. HuntChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20031 online resource (354 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-1476-6 0-8078-2770-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Foundation for Leadership; 2. An Alliance Education; 3. The Crisis of Alliance Politics; 4. The Beginning of Populist Politics; 5. A Political Revolution; 6. Silver and the Senate; 7. Preparing for a New Order; 8. Populist Pinnacle; 9. Factional Politics; 10. The Narrowing of Reform; 11. A Prelude to Disfranchisement; 12. The End of the People's Party; 13. Progressive Era Hopes and Disappointments; 14. The Failure of Republican Progressivism; 15. Fading Memories; Notes; Bibliography; IndexExploring the life and leadership of Populist Marion Butler (1863-1938), James Hunt offers new insight into the challenges of American reform politics. The son of North Carolina farmers and a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Butler displayed an early proclivity for agrarian reform. By age twenty-eight he led the Farmers' Alliance of North Carolina; two years later he was elected president of the national Alliance. Butler served in the U.S. Senate as a Populist from 1895 to 1901 and was chairman of the national Populist Party during the critical presidential elections of 18LegislatorsUnited StatesBiographyPoliticiansNorth CarolinaBiographyPopulismNorth CarolinaHistoryNorth CarolinaPolitics and government1865-1950Electronic books.LegislatorsPoliticiansPopulismHistory.324.27327092328.73/092 BHunt James L(James Logan),1959-920041MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455482603321Marion Butler and American Populism2063867UNINA