Charles Evans Hughes
Type
Book
Authors
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
1963
Publisher
Volume
1-2
Pages
Volumes
Subject
Biography
Abstract
"A biography of the man who served as the governor of New York State, Secretary of State under President Harding, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court." - Voila
Description
Content:
Volume one. Hour of travail ; Hothouse environment ; School at last ; Sidewalks of New York ; Emancipation ; Brown University ; Law takes command ; First years at the bar ; Overflowing cup ; Breakneck stairs ; Happy interlude ; Attaining stature ; Strength from the Alps ; The gas inquiry ; The insurance investigation ; The campaign against Hearst ; Fighting governor ; The bosses run riot ; Retainer from the people ; Crusader for democracy ; Man behind the whiskers ; Fight with the gamblers ; White House on the horizon ; Second gubernatorial campaign ; The governor's conscience ; Farewell to politics ; Ascending the supreme bench ; White, Holmes, and Hughes ; A flat "no" in 1912 ; Wellspring of federal power ; The 1916 nomination ; The California incident ; The war issue ; Defeat without bitterness ; Civilian war worker ; Champion of liberty ; Fight over the League of Nations ; Back to Washington
Volume two. Secretary of State ; The Harding cabinet ; Policy of the free hand ; The peace treaties ; Opening the mandated islands ; The Washington conference ; Inspired hour ; Negotiating the naval treaty ; The four-power pact ; Stabilizing the Far East ; In retrospect ; Protector of Russia, foe of Leninism ; The friendly neighbor ; Removing causes of friction ; The Havana conference ; The Harding tragedy ; Economic policies ; The struggle for postwar recovery ; The world court ; The human element ; Resignation ; Private citizen again ; Leader of the bar ; International judge ; The highest judicial office ; Inside the Supreme Court ; Organizing the courts for efficiency ; Marching constitution ; Balance wheel of power ; Guardian of freedom ; The New Deal in court ; The court-packing fight ; Triumph of restraint ; Culmination ; The little finishing canter -- Appendix I: David Charles Hughes -- Appendix II: Mary Catherine Connelly.
Volume one. Hour of travail ; Hothouse environment ; School at last ; Sidewalks of New York ; Emancipation ; Brown University ; Law takes command ; First years at the bar ; Overflowing cup ; Breakneck stairs ; Happy interlude ; Attaining stature ; Strength from the Alps ; The gas inquiry ; The insurance investigation ; The campaign against Hearst ; Fighting governor ; The bosses run riot ; Retainer from the people ; Crusader for democracy ; Man behind the whiskers ; Fight with the gamblers ; White House on the horizon ; Second gubernatorial campaign ; The governor's conscience ; Farewell to politics ; Ascending the supreme bench ; White, Holmes, and Hughes ; A flat "no" in 1912 ; Wellspring of federal power ; The 1916 nomination ; The California incident ; The war issue ; Defeat without bitterness ; Civilian war worker ; Champion of liberty ; Fight over the League of Nations ; Back to Washington
Volume two. Secretary of State ; The Harding cabinet ; Policy of the free hand ; The peace treaties ; Opening the mandated islands ; The Washington conference ; Inspired hour ; Negotiating the naval treaty ; The four-power pact ; Stabilizing the Far East ; In retrospect ; Protector of Russia, foe of Leninism ; The friendly neighbor ; Removing causes of friction ; The Havana conference ; The Harding tragedy ; Economic policies ; The struggle for postwar recovery ; The world court ; The human element ; Resignation ; Private citizen again ; Leader of the bar ; International judge ; The highest judicial office ; Inside the Supreme Court ; Organizing the courts for efficiency ; Marching constitution ; Balance wheel of power ; Guardian of freedom ; The New Deal in court ; The court-packing fight ; Triumph of restraint ; Culmination ; The little finishing canter -- Appendix I: David Charles Hughes -- Appendix II: Mary Catherine Connelly.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Number of Copies
1
