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200 10$aDistinguished service$b[electronic resource] $ethe life of Wisconsin governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. /$fThomas C. Reeves
210   $aMilwaukee, Wis. $cMarquette University Press$dc2006
215   $a1 online resource (456 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $ashort title page; title page Distinguished Service The Life of Wisconsin Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr. Thomas C. Reeves; copyright page; Table of Contents; In memorium Prof. Walter C. Schackenberg (1917-73); A Brief Kohler Genealogy; A Brief Vollrath Genealogy; Introduction; Chapter One The Kohlers and the Vollraths; Chapter Two Educated Gentlemen; Chapter Three The First Governor Kohler; Chapter Four Romance & Rebellion; Chapter Five Change of Command; Chapter Six At War; Chapter Seven Transitions; Chapter Eight The Man Wisconsin Needed; Chapter Nine Steps to the Left & Right
327   $aChapter Ten For Eisenhower & McCarthyChapter Eleven The Aim & End of Government; Chapter Twelve Matters of Principle; Chapter Thirteen A Standard of Propriety; Chapter Fourteen Driving Ambition; Chapter Fifteen After Politics; Postscript; Acknowledgements; Appendix A Interviews and Conversations with the Author; Appendix B Manuscript Collections; Index
330   $aWalter J. Kohler, Jr. was one of Wisconsin's best governors. Elected three times, he played a role in the election of Dwight D. Eisenhower to the presidency in 1952 and was known to be an administration favorite. Kohler's challenge was to unite moderate Republicans, who backed Ike, with a Far Right that fervently supported Senator Joe McCarthy. His inability to please both wings of the Republican Party eventually cost him an election race for the United States Senate. In 1957 he was unexpectedly defeated by William Proxmire, a long-time Democratic Party rival and indefatigable campaigner. But 
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