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Mr Truman Goes to Washington

In: The Economics of A Populist President

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Mr Truman went to Washington in the midst of the Great Depression. In May 1934 he filed as a Democratic candidate for the Senate. On August 7 he defeated incumbent Republican Roscoe C. Patterson. On January 3, 1935 Truman was sworn in as a US Senator along with 12 other Democrats. By the mid-1930s Washington DC was being transformed from a sleepy small southern city into a large metropolitan area of great diversity. It was being transformed by the activist Roosevelt administration…

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  • E. Ray Canterbery, 2014. "Mr Truman Goes to Washington," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: The Economics of A Populist President, chapter 4, pages 47-65, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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