Harold E. Stassen
Subtitle: the life and perennial candidacy of the progressive Republican
By: Alec Kirby, David G. Dalin and John F. Rothmann ; foreword by Lewis L. Gould
Contributors: Dalin, David G.; Rothmann, John F.
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780786492879; 9781283872171; 9780786465545
Subjects: Politics and government; State & Local; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Governors; General; Conservatism; Presidential candidates; Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI); History; Biography; HISTORY
Description: "In 1938 Harold E. Stassen was elected governor of Minnesota. He went on to a distinguished career as a key political figure of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He is most known as being a perennial candidate for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States, seeking it 10 times between 1944 and 1992"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.
Table of contents: title: Minnesota beginnings; title: Formative years; title: Early career; title: The 1948 presidential campaign; title: Political pioneering; title: Preparing for the pilgrimage; title: The ascendancy: New Hampshire; title: The ascendancy: Wisconsin; title: The ascendancy: Nebraska; title: The decline: Ohio; title: The decline: Oregon; title: The decline: Republican National convention; title: Academic interlude; title: President Stassen; title: Running for Eisenhower:; title: The 1952 presidential campaign; title: The rationale; title: New Hampshire; title: Minnesota; title: Wisconsin; title: The nomination of Dwight Eisenhower; title: Working for Eisenhower; title: Managing foreign aid; title: Managing McCarthy; title: "Secretary of Peace"; title: Dumping Dick; title: "And then the heavens fell in ..."; title: Childe Harold; title: Childe Harold; title: Into the shadows: the perennial candidate; title: Stassen and the failure of the liberal Republican vision.