The Star That Set: The Vermont Republican Party, 1854-1974 - Softcover

Samuel B. Hand

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0739106007 ISBN 13: 9780739106006

Publisher: Lexington Books (UK), 2003

Synopsis

For over a century, from 1854, the year the party was organized, until 1958, Vermonters never failed to elect Republicans to its state and national offices, and every four years they returned a slate of electors pledged to the Republican presidential nominee. The Vermont GOP was trumpeted as the star that never set in the Republican Partys political firmament, until the decline of family farms and the influx of Democrat-leaning urbanites in the 1960s and 1970s eroded the bedrock of Vermonts GOP base. Encompassing the years 1854 to 1974, Samuel Hands superb historical study documents the rise and fall of Vermont republicanism, exploring the personalities and the religious, political, and social institutions that constituted the Vermont Republican Party. More than simply the authoritative telling of a remarkable century of hegemony for the Vermont GOP, The Star That Set is a compelling story of the waning importance of party in modern American political life.

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About the Author

Samuel B. Hand is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Vermont. He is the author of a number of books on Vermont's history, as well as Counsel and Advise: A Political Biography of Samuel I. Rosenman.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lexington Books (UK)
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0739106007
• ISBN 13: 9780739106006
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 370