Claude Bowers traces the Indiana senator from childhood and his Kokomo days as lawyer and citizen to national politics. The book covers his vice-presidential run with Bryan in 1908, his Senate years and his part in the Lorimer bribery inquiry, drawing on tributes from Wilson’s cabinet, Bryan and “Mother” Jones.
An insider’s biography of a Progressive-era Democrat, written by the future historian of Jefferson and Jackson. Download the free EPUB.