| Description |
1 online resource (456 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits |
| Contents |
short 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 |
| Summary |
Walter 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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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Kohler, Walter J., Jr. (Walter Jodok), 1904-1976.
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| SUBJECT |
Kohler, Walter J., Jr. (Walter Jodok), 1904-1976 fast (OCoLC)fst01898401 |
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Governors -- Wisconsin -- Biography
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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Governors.
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Politics and government
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Wisconsin -- Politics and government -- 1951- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147102
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Wisconsin.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006005187 |
| ISBN |
9781435610439 |
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1435610431 |
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9780874623772 |
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0874623774 |
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