| Congressional Insurgents and the Party System, 1909-1916 Contributor(s): Holt, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674162501 ISBN-13: 9780674162501 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1967 Annotation: In his penetrating examination of the major political events of the Wilson and Taft administrations, James Holt offers a new answer to the question, 'What happened to progressivism in the Republican party?' During the years 1909-1918 a group of insurgent Senators, made repeated attempts to advance progressive ideals while maintaining a commitment to the Republican part. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - Political Science | American Government - Legislative Branch |
| Dewey: 329.009 |
| LCCN: 67022866 |
| Series: Harvard Historical Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.76" W x 8.03" (0.88 lbs) 196 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: James Holt offers a new answer to the question "What happened to progressivism in the Republican party?" The battles over the Payne-Aldrich tariff, the powers of Speaker Cannon, military preparedness, the elections of 1912 and 1916, and Wilson's New Freedom are used to exemplify the attempts of insurgent Republican Senators to reconcile progressive ideals with party commitment. But these men, Robert La Follette, Albert Cummins, George Norris, and William Borah among them, found that on the national level their efforts aided only the Democrats and that a third party was precluded by their own partisanship and their dependence on Republican constituencies. |
