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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Hernon, Joseph M. Profiles in character. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c1997 (OCoLC)605241811 |
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| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joseph M Hernon |
| ISBN: | 1563249375 9781563249372 1563249383 9781563249389 |
| OCLC Number: | 34745909 |
| Description: | ix, 249 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. "Last of the Romans": Rufus King vs. James Monroe (1789-1820) -- 2. "Samson and the Temple of Slavery": Thomas Hart Benton vs. John C. Calhoun (1820-1850) -- 3. Lincoln's Prime Minister: William Pitt Fessenden vs. Charles Sumner (1850-1865) -- 4. "Worthy of Plutarch": Fessenden vs. Sumner (1865-1870) -- 5. "Try Justice": George Frisbie Hoar vs. John Sherman (1870-1900) -- 6. The "Lamp of Experience" and "Bungalow Minds": Henry Cabot Lodge vs. Thomas J. Walsh (1900-1920) -- 7. "Senator-at-Large of the Whole American People": William E. Borah vs. George W. Norris (1920-1940) -- 8. Shaping Pax Americana: Robert A. Taft vs. Arthur H. Vandenberg (1940-1950) -- 9. The "Politics of Joy" and "Uncle Strom's Cabin": Hubert H. Humphrey vs. Strom Thurmond (1950-1990) -- Epilogue: Virtue Misapplied: Modern Heroes in an Age of Hubris. |
| Responsibility: | Joseph Martin Hernon. |
Abstract:
Taking the position that some of the lesser-known or unknown U.S. senators deserve renown more than some of the better-known ones, each chronological chapter contrasts the lives of two senators. Included are: Rufus King, James Monroe, Thomas Hart Benton, John C. Calhoun, William Pitt Fessenden, Charles Sumner, George Frisbie Hoar, John Sherman, Henry Cabot Lodge, Thomas J. Walsh, William E. Borah, George W. Norris, Robert A. Taft, Arthur H. Vandenberg, Hubert H. Humphrey, and Strom Thurmond.
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