Reconciliation and Revival: James R. Mann and the House Republicans in the Wilson Era

by Herb Margulies

Overview

In 1912 the Republican Party experienced schism and defeat. The Democrats, led by Woodrow Wilson, captured the presidency and both houses of Congress. This book explains how the Republicans regained power in the elections of 1918 and 1920 under the leadership of the Minority leader of the House, James R. Mann. Mann reorganized the Republicans and placed them strategically on the issues—economic conservatism domestically and military preparedness internationally—that led to an incremental recovery over nearly a decade. Acutely intelligent, active and bold, the Chicagoan exerted extraordinary influence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313298172
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/21/1996
Series:	Contributions in American History , #166
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

HERBERT F. MARGULIES is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Hawaii in Manoa. He is the author of The Decline of the Progressive Movement in Wisconsin, 1890-1920 (1968), Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, A Political Biography, 1900-1929 (1977), and The Mild Reservationists and the League of Nations Controversy in the Senate (1989).

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Rules Battles and Legislative Successes, November 1908-March 1911
Leading the Minority: Damage Control in the Sixty-second Congress, April 1911-March 1913
Starting Back, 1913
Election Year, 1914
The Politics of Peace and Preparedness, December 1914-June 1916
Election, 1916; War, 1917
Victory and Defeat, April 1917-March 1919
Aftermath, March 1919-November 1922, and in Retrospect
Selected Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Margulies (emeritus professor of history, U. of Hawaii-Manoa) examines the career of Republican US Representative James Robert Mann (1856-1922), placing it within the broader political, social, and economic events of the era. A biographical introduction is followed by a chronicle of Mann's career from his work in law and politics to his advocacy of honesty on a corrupt city council to his election in 1896 to the House of Representatives. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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