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Honest John Williams: U.S. Senator from Delaware

Honest John Williams: U.S. Senator from Delaware

Hoffecker, Carol E.

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Series: Cultural Studies of Delaware and the Eastern Shore

Political Biographies20th Century United States HistoryRegional: Middle Atlantic

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ISBN10: 1644533537
ISBN13: 9781644533536
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: Jun 14 2024
Pages: 278
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.90 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
John J. Williams was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1946, defeating incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James M. Tunnell. Honest John Williams: U.S. Senator from Delaware examines the political career of Williams, a political novice who established himself as an important advocate for fiscal probity and integrity in government during four successive terms in the U.S. Senate between 1947 and 1970. Over the course of those twenty-four years in the Senate, which spanned the administrations of five separate U.S. presidents (Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon), Williams positioned himself as an opponent of wasteful government spending and corruption, often working across the aisle in order to achieve specific political goals. In Honest John Williams, noted Delaware historian Carol E. Hoffecker offers readers a comprehensive look at the legislative course forged by Delaware's first four-term senator, a chicken-feed dealer born on a farm near Sussex County who went on to become an important advocate for fiscal probity and integrity in twentieth-century American politics.

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