Governor William Glasscock and Progressive Politics in West Virginia: 9 (West Virginia & Appalachia Series) - Softcover

Gary Jackson Tucker (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933202351 ISBN 13: 9781933202358

Publisher: West Virginia University Press, 2008

Synopsis

From 1909 to 1913, Governor William Glasscock served the state of West Virginia as an ardent progressive and reformer. In his inaugural address he proclaimed government ""the machinery invoked and devised by man for his benefit and protection"" and good government the guarantor of the happiness, prosperity, success, and welfare of the people. Governor William Glasscock and Progressive Politics in West Virginia recounts the life and work of West Virginia's thirteenth governor. Born during the Civil War, Glasscock witnessed a country torn by sectional, fratricidal war become a powerful industrial nation by the turn of the twentieth century. Author Gary Jackson Tucker demonstrates how Glasscock, along with others during the Progressive Era, railed against large and powerful political and economic machines to enact legislation protecting free and fair elections, just taxation, regulation of public utilities, and workmen's compensation laws. Never hesitating to use the power of the state to stand firm against racism and mob rule, and placing his own personal safety in jeopardy, Glasscock won the praise and admiration of average people. Glasscock's four years in office took his own health and financial security from him, but left behind a better government - a good government - for the people of West Virginia.

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About the Author

Gary Jackson Tucker, PhD, is a graduate of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology, BA; the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, MA; and West Virginia University at Morgantown, PhD, all in history. Governor William Glasscock and Progressive Politics in West Virginia is his first book. Retired from the Wood County school system, he presently teaches history at West Virginia University-Parkersburg, USA.

From the Back Cover

From 1909 to 1913, Governor William Glasscock served the state of West Virginia as an ardent progressive and reformer. In his inaugural address he proclaimed government "the machinery invoked and devised by man for his benefit and protection" and good government the guarantor of the happiness, prosperity, success, and welfare of the people. Governor William Glasscock and Progressive Politics in West Virginia recounts the life and work of West Virginia's thirteenth governor. Born during the Civil War, Glasscock witnessed a country torn by sectional, fratricidal war become a powerful industrial nation by the turn of the twentieth century. Author Gary Jackson Tucker demonstrates how Glasscock, along with others during the Progressive Era, railed against large and powerful political and economic machines to enact legislation protecting free and fair elections, just taxation, regulation of public utilities, and workmen's compensation laws. Never hesitating to use the power of the state to stand firm against racism and mob rule, and placing his own personal safety in jeopardy, Glasscock won the praise and admiration of average people. Glasscock's four years in office took his own health and financial security from him, but left behind a better government--a good government--for the people of West Virginia.

Edition details

• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1933202351
• ISBN 13: 9781933202358
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208