In the years immediately following the Civil War, the nation’s leaders called desperately for reform as they struggled to rebuild a society scarred by death and mass destruction. Recognizing America’s need for enlightened leadership, Republican senator Henry Blair (1834–1920) of New Hampshire embarked on an ambitious crusade to enact dramatic progressive changes. Henry W. Blair’s Campaign to Reform America follows Blair’s remarkable political career. At the heart of his efforts was a push to improve the nation’s system of public education, but his reform programs addressed a wide range of issues, including legal rights, economic rights, women’s suffrage, and racial equality. He consistently supported black voting rights, introduced an antilynching bill in 1894, and worked as a lobbyist with the NAACP at the age of eighty. In this long-overdue biography, Gordon B. Mc Kinney sheds light on the brilliant career of a man who maintained a strong commitment to reform, liberty, and equality through a formative period in the nation’s history. Mc Kinney deftly demonstrates that, despite the social and economic challenges of the time, Senator Blair defended moral reform in a hostile climate and affirmed that the federal government had an important and active role to play in improving American society.
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Introduction
Early Years
Colonel
Apprentice Lawyer and Politician
Congressman
Origin of the Education Bill
A sense of Place
Debate and Defeat of the Education Bill
General Reformer
Foreign Policy
New Hampshire Politics
Later Years
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Gordon B. Mc Kinney is professor emeritus of history and former director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center at Berea College. He is the author of numerous books, including Southern Mountain Republicans, 1865–1900 and Zeb Vance: North Carolina’s Civil War Governor and Gilded Age Political Leader.
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