Honest John Williams

Honest John Williams U.S. Senator from Delaware - Cultural Studies of Delaware and the Eastern Shore

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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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781644533536
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Imprint: University of Delaware Press
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Edition: New in Paperback edition
Language: English
Number of pages: 278
Weight: 367g
Height: 235mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 18mm