Sale!

John William McCormack: A Political Biography

Amazon.com Price:  $25.69 (as of 06/05/2019 14:51 PST- Details)

Description

In the first biography of U.S. House Speaker John W. McCormack, writer Garrison Nelson uncovers prior to now forgotten FBI files, birth and death records, and correspondence long thought lost or buried. For such an influential figure, McCormack tried to dismiss the past, almost erasing his legacy from the public’s mind. John William McCormack: A Political Biography sheds light at the in the back of-the-curtain machinations of American politics and the origins of the up to date-day Democratic party, facilitated through McCormack’s triumphs.

McCormack overcame desperate poverty and circle of relatives tragedy within the Irish ghetto of South Boston to hold the second one-most powerful position within the nation. By reinventing his circle of relatives history to elude Irish Boston’s powerful political gatekeepers, McCormack embarked on a 1928 – 1971 House career and from 1939-71, the longest house leadership career. Working with each president from Coolidge to Nixon, McCormack’s social welfare agenda, which included Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, immigration reform, and civil rights legislation helped commit the nation to the welfare of its most vulnerable citizens. By helping create the Austin-Boston Connection, McCormack reshaped the Democratic Party from a regional southern white Protestant party to one that embraced urban religiously and racially diverse ethnics. A man free of prejudice, John McCormack used to be the Boston Brahmin’s favorite Irishman, the South’s favorite northerner, and known in Boston as “Rabbi John,” the Jews’ favorite Catholic.

Home » Shop » Books » Subjects » Arts and Photography » History and Criticism » History » Americas » United States » Legislative Branch » John William McCormack: A Political Biography

Recent Products