Homer E. Socolofsky

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This biography focuses on the accomplishments of Harrison's Presidency and then the difficulties he faced after losing Congressional support in the second half of his Presidency. It tackles each issue and is not so much chronological.

Scolofsky does not comment much on Harrison's personal life and gives only a brief overview of Harrison's life after the Presidency.

I did enjoy the debate between the Republicans and Democrats on the tarriffs, reciprocity of trade agreements, and bring in silver as the main money standard. Some of this sounds very familiar. show less

2061 Arthur Capper: Publisher, Politician, and Philanthropist, by Homer E. Socolofsky (read 4 Mar 1987) Capper was born in Kansas July 14, 1865, served as Governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919, as U.S. Senator from 1919 to 1949, and died Dec 19, 1951. When I was a child we subscribed to Capper's Weekly and Capper's Farmer, and naturally I read them. This 1962 book is not well-done, but I didn't mind it. Capper was a good man, very cautious, very anxious to be for what his constituents were show more for. He wasn't an intellectual, nor was he a good speaker. But he only lost one election--by 29 votes in the 1912 Governorship race. And that appears to have been lost because certain votes which should have been counted were not. show less