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Mr. Chairman : The Life and Times of Ray C. Bliss.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Series on ohio politicsPublisher: Ashland : University of Akron Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (447 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781629220437
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mr. ChairmanLOC classification:
  • E840.8.B585 .H477 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: Akron, Ohio -- Chapter 2: Family Matters -- Chapter 3: The University of Akron -- Chapter 4: The May Queen Fiasco -- Chapter 5: Ray C. Bliss Meets James A. Corey -- Chapter 6: First Campaign Lessons -- Chapter 7: Climbing the Political Ladder -- Chapter 8: The Test Tube City -- Chapter 9: The 1937 Akron Mayoral Campaign -- Chapter 10: A Quest for Party Unity -- Chapter 11: Ray Bliss Becomes County Chairman -- Chapter 12: Strengthening the Local Party -- Chapter 13: Growing Recognition -- Chapter 14: Ray Bliss Gets a Day Job -- Chapter 15: The Great Defeat of '48 -- Chapter 16: Ray Bliss Becomes State Chairman -- Chapter 17: Strengthening the State Party -- Chapter 18: Taft and TV -- Chapter 19: Mr. Republican Loses White House Bid -- Chapter 20: Ohio Likes Ike -- Chapter 21: The Organizational Man in Action -- Chapter 22: George Bender and a Judas Goat -- Chapter 23: Success and Sorrow -- Chapter 24: A Republican Governor-At Last -- Chapter 25: A Rocky Start and a Showdown -- Chapter 26: Business Defies Bliss -- Chapter 27: The Right-to-Work Disaster -- Chapter 28: Ray Bliss Rebuilds-Again -- Chapter 29: Wedding Bells -- Chapter 30: Politics Writer -- Chapter 31: Presidential Politicking -- Chapter 32: Ray Bliss's Masterpiece -- Chapter 33: A Big City Assignment -- Chapter 34: Ray C. Bliss and James A. Rhodes -- Chapter 35: Recruitment Matters -- Chapter 36: Trouble in San Francisco -- Chapter 37: The Goldwater Debacle -- Chapter 38: Plotting for Bliss -- Chapter 39: Ray Bliss Becomes National Chairman -- Chapter 40: Good-Bye Columbus -- Chapter 41: Mr. Bliss Goes to Washington -- Chapter 42: Fixing the Finances -- Chapter 43: Bliss Survives a Scandal -- Chapter 44: A Single Voice -- Chapter 45: Denouncing Extremism -- Chapter 46: A Hometown Win.
Chapter 47: New York, New York, A Republican Town -- Chapter 48: The Elements of Victory -- Chapter 49: A Tiger in the Tank -- Chapter 50: Bliss Says "No" to Nixon -- Chapter 51: Tightrope Walking -- Chapter 52: A Medium and a Message -- Chapter 53: The Politics of Turmoil -- Chapter 54: Ray Bliss's Convention -- Chapter 55: Ray Bliss Keeps His Job -- Chapter 56: Nixon Wins a Squeaker -- Chapter 57: Rumors Spread: "Bliss Is Out!" -- Chapter 58: A Meeting at the Pierre Hotel -- Chapter 59: Chairman for an Inaugural -- Chapter 60: Bliss "Retires" as National Chairman -- Chapter 61: Farewell to Washington -- Chapter 62: Setting the Record Straight -- Chapter 63: Politics as an Avocation -- Chapter 64: Bliss, Nixon, and Watergate -- Chapter 65: Ray C. Bliss and Gerald R. Ford -- Chapter 66: Citizen Bliss -- Chapter 67: University Trustee -- Chapter 68: Mentor and Teacher -- Chapter 69: A Pathfinder Reaches the End of the Trail -- Chapter 70: Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics -- Chapter 71: Political Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Chapter 1: Akron, Ohio -- Chapter 2: Family Matters -- Chapter 3: The University of Akron -- Chapter 4: The May Queen Fiasco -- Chapter 5: Ray C. Bliss Meets James A. Corey -- Chapter 6: First Campaign Lessons -- Chapter 7: Climbing the Political Ladder -- Chapter 8: The Test Tube City -- Chapter 9: The 1937 Akron Mayoral Campaign -- Chapter 10: A Quest for Party Unity -- Chapter 11: Ray Bliss Becomes County Chairman -- Chapter 12: Strengthening the Local Party -- Chapter 13: Growing Recognition -- Chapter 14: Ray Bliss Gets a Day Job -- Chapter 15: The Great Defeat of '48 -- Chapter 16: Ray Bliss Becomes State Chairman -- Chapter 17: Strengthening the State Party -- Chapter 18: Taft and TV -- Chapter 19: Mr. Republican Loses White House Bid -- Chapter 20: Ohio Likes Ike -- Chapter 21: The Organizational Man in Action -- Chapter 22: George Bender and a Judas Goat -- Chapter 23: Success and Sorrow -- Chapter 24: A Republican Governor-At Last -- Chapter 25: A Rocky Start and a Showdown -- Chapter 26: Business Defies Bliss -- Chapter 27: The Right-to-Work Disaster -- Chapter 28: Ray Bliss Rebuilds-Again -- Chapter 29: Wedding Bells -- Chapter 30: Politics Writer -- Chapter 31: Presidential Politicking -- Chapter 32: Ray Bliss's Masterpiece -- Chapter 33: A Big City Assignment -- Chapter 34: Ray C. Bliss and James A. Rhodes -- Chapter 35: Recruitment Matters -- Chapter 36: Trouble in San Francisco -- Chapter 37: The Goldwater Debacle -- Chapter 38: Plotting for Bliss -- Chapter 39: Ray Bliss Becomes National Chairman -- Chapter 40: Good-Bye Columbus -- Chapter 41: Mr. Bliss Goes to Washington -- Chapter 42: Fixing the Finances -- Chapter 43: Bliss Survives a Scandal -- Chapter 44: A Single Voice -- Chapter 45: Denouncing Extremism -- Chapter 46: A Hometown Win.

Chapter 47: New York, New York, A Republican Town -- Chapter 48: The Elements of Victory -- Chapter 49: A Tiger in the Tank -- Chapter 50: Bliss Says "No" to Nixon -- Chapter 51: Tightrope Walking -- Chapter 52: A Medium and a Message -- Chapter 53: The Politics of Turmoil -- Chapter 54: Ray Bliss's Convention -- Chapter 55: Ray Bliss Keeps His Job -- Chapter 56: Nixon Wins a Squeaker -- Chapter 57: Rumors Spread: "Bliss Is Out!" -- Chapter 58: A Meeting at the Pierre Hotel -- Chapter 59: Chairman for an Inaugural -- Chapter 60: Bliss "Retires" as National Chairman -- Chapter 61: Farewell to Washington -- Chapter 62: Setting the Record Straight -- Chapter 63: Politics as an Avocation -- Chapter 64: Bliss, Nixon, and Watergate -- Chapter 65: Ray C. Bliss and Gerald R. Ford -- Chapter 66: Citizen Bliss -- Chapter 67: University Trustee -- Chapter 68: Mentor and Teacher -- Chapter 69: A Pathfinder Reaches the End of the Trail -- Chapter 70: Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics -- Chapter 71: Political Legacy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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