TY - GEN T1 - The political career of W. Kerr Scott : the squire from Haw River T2 - New directions in southern history. A1 - Pleasants, Julian M. LA - English PP - Lexington, Kentucky PB - University Press of Kentucky YR - 2014 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn899577650 AB - The political biography of Kerr Scott covers his career in North Carolina as commissioner of agriculture (1936-1948), governor (1949-1953) and US senator (1954-1958). His progressive reforms, which changed the course of North Carolina's history, made him one of the most influential governors in the state's history. In 1954 he was elected to the US Senate, where he served effectively until his death in 1958. OP - 406 CN - E748.S387 P55 2014 SN - 9780813146799 SN - 0813146798 SN - 9780813146782 SN - 081314678X SN - 9780813156064 SN - 0813156068 SN - 9780813146775 SN - 0813146771 KW - Scott, William Kerr, : 1896-1958. KW - United States. : Congress. : Senate : Biography. KW - États-Unis. : Congress. : Senate : Biographies. KW - Scott, William Kerr, : 1896-1958 KW - United States. : Congress. : Senate KW - Governors : North Carolina : Biography. KW - North Carolina : Politics and government : 1865-1950. KW - North Carolina : Politics and government : 1951- KW - Legislators : United States : Biography. KW - Caroline du Nord : Politique et gouvernement : 1865-1950. KW - Caroline du Nord : Politique et gouvernement : 1951- KW - Parlementaires : États-Unis : Biographies. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : State & Provincial. KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Political. KW - Governors KW - Legislators KW - Politics and government KW - North Carolina KW - United States KW - Since 1865 KW - Electronic books. KW - Biographies KW - Biographies. ER -