Senator Albert Gore, Sr. : Tennessee maverick / Kyle Longley ; with a foreword by Al Gore, Jr.
"Longley situates Gore as part of a generation of politicians who matured on the messages of William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin Roosevelt. In the South, Gore belonged to a staunch group of liberals who battled traditional conservative forces, often within their own party. He a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
©2004.
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| Series: | Southern biography series.
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| Summary: | "Longley situates Gore as part of a generation of politicians who matured on the messages of William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin Roosevelt. In the South, Gore belonged to a staunch group of liberals who battled traditional conservative forces, often within their own party. He and others such as Estes Kefauver, Frank Porter Graham, and Ralph Yarborough set the stage for subsequent generations, including that of Jimmy Carter and Jim Sasser, and later Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Jr., and John Edwards. From his career shines one encapsulating moment in 1952: squared off on the floor of the Senate against Strom Thurmond, who wanted Gore to sign the "Southern Manifesto" declaring southern resistance to desegregation, Gore responded simply, classically, "Hell no.""--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 350 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-334) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807153475 0807153478 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |