Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884) was a brilliant and successful lawyer in New Orleans, and one of the first Jewish members of the U.S. Senate. He then served in the Confederacy as secretary of war and secretary of state, becoming the confidant and alter ego of Jefferson Davis. In t…
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In 1957, the US Senate named Taft (1889-1953) as one of its all- time most outstanding legislators. In this biography, Wunderlin (history, Kent State U.), who is editor/project director of The Papers of Robert A. Taft, traces the career of this prominent Republican conservative.…
A journalist who has covered the senator and presidential candidate since his campaign for the Senate offers a portrait that features his childhood and youth in Hawaii and his embrace of seemingly ruthless campaign tactics
