Mr. Chairman : the life and times of Ray C. Bliss / William L. Hershey & John C. Green

Author:: Hershey, William L.
Published:: Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, 2017.
Copyright Date:: ©2017
Edition:: First edition.
Physical Description:: xv, 402 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators:: Green, John Clifford, 1953-

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Bliss Institute series

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.Akron, Ohio -- 2.Family Matters -- 3.The University of Akron -- 4.The May Queen Fiasco -- 5.Ray C. Bliss Meets James A. Corey -- 6.First Campaign Lessons -- 7.Climbing the Political Ladder -- 8.The Test Tube City -- 9.The 1937 Akron Mayoral Campaign -- 10.A Quest for Party Unity -- 11.Ray Bliss Becomes County Chairman -- 12.Strengthening the Local Party -- 13.Growing Recognition -- 14.Ray Bliss Gets a Day Job -- 15.The Great Defeat of '48 -- 16.Ray Bliss Becomes State Chairman -- 17.Strengthening the State Party -- 18.Taft and TV -- 19.Mr. Republican Loses White House Bid -- 20.Ohio Likes Ike -- 21.The Organizational Man in Action -- 22.George Bender and a Judas Goat -- 23.Success and Sorrow -- 24.A Republican Governor---At Last -- 25.A Rocky Start and a Showdown -- 26.Business Defies Bliss -- 27.The Right-to-Work Disaster -- 28.Ray Bliss Rebuilds---Again -- 29.Wedding Bells -- 30.Politics Writer -- 31.Presidential Politicking -- 32.Ray Bliss's Masterpiece -- 33.A Big City Assignment -- 34.Ray C. Bliss and James A. Rhodes -- 35.Recruitment Matters -- 36.Trouble in San Francisco -- 37.The Goldwater Debacle -- 38.Plotting for Bliss -- 39.Ray Bliss Becomes National Chairman -- 40.Good-Bye Columbus -- 41.Mr. Bliss Goes to Washington -- 42.Fixing the Finances -- 43.Bliss Survives a Scandal -- 44.A Single Voice -- 45.Denouncing Extremism -- 46.A Hometown Win -- 47.New York, New York, a Republican Town -- 48.The Elements of Victory -- 49.A Tiger in the Tank -- 50.Bliss Says "No" to Nixon -- 51.Tightrope Walking -- 52.A Medium and a Message -- 53.The Politics of Turmoil -- 54.Ray Bliss's Convention -- 55.Ray Bliss Keeps His Job -- 56.Nixon Wins a Squeaker -- 57.Rumors Spread: "Bliss Is Out!" -- 58.A Meeting at the Pierre Hotel -- 59.Chairman for an Inaugural -- 60.Bliss "Retires" as National Chairman -- 61.Farewell to Washington -- 62.Setting the Record Straight -- 63.Politics as an Avocation -- 64.Bliss, Nixon, and Watergate -- 65.Ray C. Bliss and Gerald R. Ford -- 66.Citizen Bliss -- 67.University Trustee -- 68.Mentor and Teacher -- 69.A Pathfinder Reaches the End of the Trail -- 70.Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics -- 71.Political Legacy.

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9781629220413 hardcover alkaline paper
1629220418 hardcover alkaline paper

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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