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Boss rule in the gilded age : Matt Quay of Pennsylvania

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Author
Kehl, James A.
Date of Publication
1981.
Call Number
923.2 Q2k
Responsibility
James A. Kehl.
ISBN
0822934264
Author
Kehl, James A.
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press,
Date of Publication
1981.
Physical Description
xx, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index. The author was a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh.
Bibliography: p. 281-289.
Summary
Matt Quay was called "the ablest politician this country has ever produced." He served as a United States senator representing Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1904. His career as a Republican Party boss, however, spanned nearly half a century, during which numerous governors and one president owed their election success to his political skills. James A. Kehl was given the first public access to Quay's own papers, and herein presents the inside story of this controversial man who was considered a political Robin Hood for his alleged bribe-taking, misappropriations of funds, and concern for the underprivileged-yet he emerged as the most powerful member of the Republican Party in his state. [from the publisher]
Subjects
Quay, Matthew Stanley, - 1833-1904.
United States. - Congress. - Senate - Biography.
Legislators - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1900.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 Q2k
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