Fred Harris : his journey from liberalism to populism
"Riding on the coattails of Lyndon Johnson's 1964 landslide victory over Barry Goldwater, Fred Harris defeated former University of Oklahoma football coach Charles (Bud) Wilkinson to become, at age 33, the youngest senator-elect in the history of the Sooner state. He quickly proved himself a most active senator - he was named chairman of a subcommittee during his first year, sought to bring accountability in federal research and development programs, and concerned himself with the plight of Native Americans and poverty-stricken people throughout rural America
Print Book, English, ©2002
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