The political career of W. Kerr Scott : the squire from Haw River /
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...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky
[2014]
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| Series: | New directions in southern history.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt9qhm3q |
Table of Contents:
- The early years
- The election of 1948: the first primary
- The second primary
- Roads and schools, 1949
- The referendum
- Crucible of liberalism: Frank Graham and the 1950 senate race
- The second primary
- Trials and tribulation: the last two years, 1951-1953
- The third primary
- The senate years, 1954-1958
- Legacy.