William Windom

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That is the first book devoted exclusively to the political career of William Windom. It illuminates not only the personal biography of Windom, arguably Minnesota’s most influential political figure of the 19th century, but it also casts much light at the differences between the Democratic and Republican parties all over the period 1860-1890. Salisbury offers evidence which refutes the traditional view of the Gilded Age that Republicans were the party of big business, characterized by a mediocrity of leadership and permeated by corruption and venality. Somewhat, Windom and a majority of both parties maintained a consistent stance right through this period on such questions as the desirability of governmental intervention in the economy, the regulation of private behavior by governmental coercion, and attitudes toward the nation’s choice of groups which have been discriminated against, including women and blacks. An intensive analysis of William Windom’s political career – he served in the U.S. House of Representatives for ten years, in the U.S. Senate for twelve years, and used to be twice appointed Secretary of the Treasury – reveals the post-Civil War era to hold several more nuances than latest beliefs allow. Salisbury offers essential observations about the essence of both parties and the general political mood of the 19th century.

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