02374nam 2200577 450 991045967230332120200520144314.00-87195-326-9(CKB)3710000000274771(EBL)1793943(SSID)ssj0001352700(PQKBManifestationID)12537033(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001352700(PQKBWorkID)11311891(PQKB)10488412(MiAaPQ)EBC1793943(Au-PeEL)EBL1793943(CaPaEBR)ebr10939780(OCoLC)923709047(EXLCZ)99371000000027477120080128d2008 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIndiana political heroes /Geoffrey PaddockIndianapolis :Indiana Historical Society Press,2008.1 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87195-268-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Birch Bayh -- John Brademas -- R. Vance Hartke -- Richard Hatcher -- William Hudnut -- Richard Ristine -- J. Edward Roush -- William Ruckelshaus.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 HoosiePoliticiansIndianaBiographyHeroesIndianaBiographyIndianaPolitics and governmentIndianaBiographyElectronic books.PoliticiansHeroes977.2009/9BPaddock Geoffrey922439MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459672303321Indiana political heroes2070014UNINA