HIST 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Montgomery Bus Boycott, Topeka, Kansas, Carpool
8 May 2017
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Had never voted until he voted for himself. Both parties tried to recruit him, and he was a moderate with cross-partisan appeal to win for the first time in 24 years. Nixon and taft led the party"s more conservative anti-red wing which at times was at odds with. Earl warren, who had been the 1948 vp, agrees not to run against ike in return for a supreme. Grew up poor and was a lawyer who had gone to berkley in wilson"s era. Seen as a progressive republican, becoming a da during prohibition in alameda. County and california ag during internment (which he deeply regretted) Stickler for the constitution and believed the law was a keystone of america. Able to stay in the gop as it careened rightward. After eisenhower won the chief justice died and earl warren gets notice that he won"t get the chief justice spot, but warren holds him to his promise, which he carries through with.
