Indiana Political Heroes

Indiana Political Heroes
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Publisher : Indiana Historical Society
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9780871952684
ISBN-13 : 0871952688
Rating : 4/5 (688 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Indiana Political Heroes by : Geoffrey Paddock

Download or read book Indiana Political Heroes written by Geoffrey Paddock and published by Indiana Historical Society. This book was released on 2008 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Hoosier politicians who have made a difference in Indiana and in the nation’s capital.


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