Charles Evans Hughes : : Politics and Reform in New York, 1905–1910 / / Robert F. Wesser.

When Charles Evans Hughes defeated William Randolph Hearst for the governorship of New York in 1906, the New York State Republican Party was split between the remnants of the rural, conservative Platt political machine in Albany and the forces loyal to the progressive, energetic President and former...

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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (396 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Abbreviations and Abbreviated Titles
  • CHAPTER I. Introduction
  • CHAPTER II. The People Awaken
  • CHAPTER III. Republican Response
  • CHAPTER IV. Democratic Challenge
  • CHAPTER V. The First Skirmish
  • CHAPTER VI. The Kelsey Fight and Administrative Reform
  • CHAPTER VII. The 1907 Legislature and the Reform Program
  • CHAPTER VIII. The Battle Renewed
  • CHAPTER IX. Presidential Politics
  • CHAPTER X. Renomination and Re-election
  • CHAPTER XI. The Direct Primary Fight
  • CHAPTER XII. The Direct Primary and the Republican Party Battle of 1910
  • CHAPTER XIII. Social Reform and the Public Welfare
  • CHAPTER XIV. The Hughes Legacy
  • Bibliographical Note
  • Index