GRUENING, ERNEST HENRY

grēnˈĭng, 1887–1974, American political leader, governor of Alaska (1939–53), and U.S. Senator (1959–69), b. New York City. He became interested in journalism and worked on Boston newspapers until 1917. From 1920 to 1923 he edited the Nation. He directed (1924) publicity for Robert La Follette's campaign for the presidency, and later founded (1927) the Portland, Maine, Evening News. He edited These United States (2 vol., 1923–24) and also wrote the highly regarded Mexico and Its Heritage (1928). Gruening directed (1934–39) the territories and island possessions division of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior and headed (1935–37) the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration. He was appointed governor of Alaska, lobbied for statehood, and became one of Alaska's first U.S. Senators. A Democrat, he was an early opponent of the Vietnam War, voting with Wayne Morse of Oregon against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in Aug., 1964. He was defeated in the 1968 primary. His works include The State of Alaska (1954) and The Battle for Alaska Statehood (1967).

See his autobiography, Many Battles (1973); S. Ross, Gruening of Alaska (1968).

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The History of Colby College
Book by Ernest Cummings Marriner; Colby College Press, 1963
Subjects: Marriner, Ernest Cummings--1891-
...Formative Period of Colby College. Chipman points out that Dr. Henry S. Burrage, in his History of the Baptists in Maine, 9 and...one of them achieved fame, and he did so vicariously. He was Henry Stanwood, who as principal of China Academy induced Elijah...
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Problems of the New Cuba: Report of the Commission on Cuban Affairs
Book by Raymond Leslie Buell, Frank Whitson Fetter, Prank Dunstone Graham, Ernest Gruening, Helen Hall, Leland Hamilton Jenks, Wilson George Smillie, Charles A. Thomson, Lester MacLean Wilson, Milburn Lincoln Wilson, Carle Clark Zimmerman; Foreign Policy Association, Incorporated, 1935
Subjects: Cuba--Economic Conditions--1918-, Cuba--Social Conditions, Finance--Cuba
...Princeton University. Ernest Gruening, formerly editor of The Nation...Helen Hall, Director of Henry Street Settlement, New York...credit and diversification; Mr. Gruening, public utilities; Miss Hall...
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H. L. Mencken
Book by Ernest Boyd; Robert M. McBride, 1925
Subjects: Mencken, H. L--(Henry Louis)--1880-1956
...States . Edited by Harold Stearns . New York, 1922. Contains "Politics." These United States . Edited by Ernest Gruening. First Series. New York, 1923. Contains "Maryland, Apex of Normalcy." Criticism in America . New York...
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Laguardia in Congress
Book by Howard Zinn; Cornell University Press, 1959
Subjects: La Guardia, Fiorello H--(Fiorello Henry)--1882-1947, Legislators--United States--Biography, Mayors--New York (N. Y.)--Biography
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Many Minds
Book by Carl Van Doren; Alfred A. Knopf, 1924
Subjects: Ade, George--1866-1944, American Literature--20th Century--History And Criticism, Austin, Mary Hunter--1868-1934, Fiction, Frost, Robert--1874-1963, Lardner, Ring--1885-1933, Lindsay, Vachel--1879-1931, Mencken, H. L--(Henry Louis)--1880-1956, Millay, Edna St. Vincent--1892-1950, Sandburg, Carl--1878-1967
...this time he had left the United States for Europe, drawn thither by a nostalgia much like that which had earlier drawn Henry James. England had captivated another pilgrim because it seemed to him, and seems, like the inaccessible ancient country...
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The Spiritual Values of Wilderness
Journal article by John Copeland Nagle; Environmental Law, Vol. 35, 2005
Subjects: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Environmental protection--Laws, regulations and rules, Wilderness Act of 1964, Wilderness areas--Laws, regulations and rules
...supra note 45, at 120-26. (48) Henry Gannett, The General Geography...note 14, at 162-163. (69) ERNEST GRUENING, THE STATE OF ALASKA: A DEFINITIVE...note 15, at 84 (quoting 9 HENRY DAVID THOREAU, THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU 275 (Houghton...
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The Vietnam Antiwar Movement in Perspective
Journal article by George R. Vickers; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 21, 1989
Subjects: Asia, Asia--Intellectual Life, Asia--Politics And Government
...Arthur Dean, Douglas Dillon, Abe Fortas, Arthur Goldberg, Henry Cabot Lodge, John J. McCloy, Robert Murphy, General Matthew...Unknown to the public at the time, however, President Nixon and Henry Kissinger had earlier given up on plans to dramatically escalate...
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It's the Real World after All: The American-Israel Pavilion-Jordan Pavilion Controversy at the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965
Journal article by Emily Alice Katz; American Jewish History, Vol. 91, 2003
Subjects: American Jewish Congress--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Arab-Israeli conflicts--Demonstrations and protests, Arab-Israeli conflicts--Political aspects, Arab-Israeli conflicts--Social aspects, Israel-Arab conflicts--Demonstrations and protests, Israel-Arab conflicts--Political aspects, Israel-Arab conflicts--Social aspects, Moses, Robert--Political activity, New York World's Fair, 1964-1965--Demonstrations and protests, New York World's Fair, 1964-1965--International aspects, New York World's Fair, 1964-1965--Political aspects
...hostility would be out of place?" (41) Ernest Gruening, a senator from Alaska, considered...To The Golden Cities, 18, and Henry L. Feingold, A Time For Searching...Events-Participation. (42.) Letter from Gruening to Moses, June 25, 1964, NYPL...
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Phi Alpha Theta Initiates
Journal article; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
...Todd Cranford, William Ernest Draper, Brandon Joel...Ross Hardesty, Glenn Eli Henry, Laurie Annette Lotz...Anderson, John Thomas Henry Arellano, Courtney Brehm...2006: Joshua A. Apple, Ernest N. Blackwell, Adam M...2006: Dorothy B. Adams, Henry G. Armitage, Elisha W...
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Achilles' Heel: The Vietnam War and George Romney's Bid for the Presidency, 1967 to 1968
Journal article by Andrew L. Johns; Michigan Historical Review, Vol. 26, 2000
Subjects: Presidential candidates--Political activity, Republican Party--Political activity, Romney, George--Military policy, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Political aspects
...trip. Unfortunately for Romney, one of those governors was now the chairman of the Nixon for President Committee, Oklahomas Henry Bellmon. Bellmon cited the brainwashing statement as proof of Romneys "lack of ability to handle some of the issues he has encountered...
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Opening the Files; the History of the Nation According to the F.B.I
Magazine article by Penn Kimball; The Nation, Vol. 292, March 22, 1986
Subjects: Periodical publishing--Political aspects, The Nation (Periodical)--Investigations, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--Investigations
...antagonistic to organized labor. In 1921 Ernest H. Gruening was Managing Editor of The Nation...Nation was represented in Europe by Henry G. Alsberg--who at that time was...subject to Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Pringle. Assistant Director Nichols...
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How Congress Got Us out of Vietnam: Once upon a Time, Congress Put an End to a Bloody Debacle. It Can Do It Again
Magazine article by Julian E. Zelizer; The American Prospect, Vol. 18, March 2007
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003---Evaluation, United States foreign relations--Military aspects, United States. Congress--Powers and duties, Vietnam War, 1959-1975--Influence
...passed an amendment in 1976 that banned the use of funds to fight communist forces in Angola. Frustrated with these decisions, Henry Kissinger complained that "we are living in a nihilistic nightmare. It proves that Vietnam is not an aberration but our normal...
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The Naked Empire
Magazine article; The Progressive, Vol. 66, November 2002
...tradition dates back to Daniel Webster, Abe Lincoln, and Henry David Thoreau, who opposed the Mexican War, to Mark...and Eugene V. Debs, who opposed World War I, and to Ernest Gruening and Wayne Morse and Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and millions...
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Congress Reconsiders Statute on Statues
Magazine article by Sean Scully; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, May 24, 1999
Subjects: Kansas--Politics and government, Statues--Political aspects
...Alaskas first U.S. senator; Ernest Gruening, governor of Alaska Territory...governor. * Kentucky: Henry Clay, U.S. senator and...senator. * Minnesota: Henry Mower Rice, U.S. senator...South Dakota: William Henry Harrison Beadle, surveyor-general...


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Kansas Getting Ready to Swap Statues in Capitol: Critics Concerned That Large Exodus Could Follow
Newspaper article by Sean Scully; The Washington Times, April 17, 1999
...first U.S. senator. Ernest Gruening, governor of Alaska Territory...governor. Kentucky: Henry Clay, U.S. senator and...senator. Minnesota: Henry Mower Rice, U.S. senator...South Dakota: William Henry Harrison Beadle, surveyor-general...
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Questions Arise on Torture; Treatment of Detainees a Concern
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 18, 2004
...and admired for years for his steadfast values, Rep. Henry Hyde, Illinois Republican, opposed the torture provisions...seen moments of courage (as when Sens. Wayne Morse and Ernest Gruening stood up against Lyndon Johnsons duplicitous Tonkin...


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Gruening, Ernest Henry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GRUENING, ERNEST HENRY gren ing, 1887 1974, American political...regarded Mexico and Its Heritage (1928). Gruening directed (1934 39) the territories and...autobiography, Many Battles (1973); S. Ross, Gruening of Alaska (1968...


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