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Leon Abbett's New Jersey: The Emergence of the Modern Governor, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 243)

Leon Abbett's New Jersey: The Emergence of the Modern Governor, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 243)

Hogarty, Richard A.

Hardcover

Series: Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society

Biographies GeneralRegional: Middle Atlantic

ISBN10: 0871692430
ISBN13: 9780871692436
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
Published: Jan 1 2001
Pages: 349
Weight: 1.92
Height: 0.88 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Following in the succession of his 25 predecessors, Leon Abbett twice served as governor of New Jersey in the late 19nth century. A lifelong Democrat, he was a dynamic and visionary party leader who guided the citizens of New Jersey into a new urban industrial age. While he was a machine politician and party boss, he was also a notable reformer. That was a formidable combination for his time. Grappling with a series of hot political issues and braving the passions and divisions spawned by the Civil War, Abbett was one of the ablest and most intriguing men ever to be governor. Several new ideas were transformed into public policy during his tenure. Both in style and strategy, Abbett represented a sharp break from his predecessors. He was a prime example of a governor who both in crisis and in ordinary times broadened gubernatorial authority. He became both a policy and party leader. In this context, he was an important forerunner to a type of governor that had not yet appeared on the American political stage.

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