From Garfield to Harding: The Success of Midwestern Front Porch Campaigns

From Garfield to Harding: The Success of Midwestern Front Porch Campaigns
ISBN-10
1606353802
ISBN-13
9781606353806
Category
Political campaigns
Language
English
Published
2019
Publisher
Kent State University
Author
Jeffrey Normand Bourdon

Description

Introduction: the search for dignity as a candidate -- Germans, jubilee singers, and axe men: James A. Garfield and the original front-porch -- Campaign for the presidency -- Trains, canes, and handshakes: Benjamin Harrison's 1888 front-porch campaign for the -- Presidency -- The pen, the press, and the platform: William Mckinley's fabled front-porch campaign -- Between Canton and Marion: the shady stump outshines the comfortable front porch -- Phonographs, friendly reporters, and the final front-porch campaign: the merchandizing of Warren Harding in 1920 -- Conclusion: the stump eclipses the porch -- Notes.

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