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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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
...Graham, Professor of Economics, Princeton University. Ernest Gruening, formerly editor of The Nation , Member of the Board...Foreign Policy Association. Helen Hall, Director of Henry Street Settlement, New York. Leland Hamilton Jenks...
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The History of Colby College
Book by Ernest Cummings Marriner; Colby College Press, 1963
Subjects: Marriner, Ernest Cummings--1891-
...Great Thinkers , 415 Greek requirement, 267 Green, Henry, 70 Green, Samuel, 418 Greenback party, 125 Greene, Roger, 514 Group insurance, 336 Gruening, Ernest, 377 Gulick, Faith, 507 Guptill, Leon, 379 , 381...
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H. L. Mencken
Book by Ernest Boyd; Robert M. McBride, 1925
Subjects: Mencken, H. L--(Henry Louis)--1880-1956
These United States . Edited by Ernest Gruening. First Series. New York, 1923. Contains "Maryland, Apex of Normalcy." Criticism in America . New York, 1924. Contains...
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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
...Destiny . New York: Knopf, 1952. Gruening, Ernest. The Public Pays: A Study of...David Jr., and Soothill, Jay Henry. The Banana Empire: A Case Study...University Press, 1953. Lindley, Ernest K. The Roosevelt Revolution...
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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
...in the United States . Edited by Harold Stearns. New York, 1922; These United States: A Symposium . Edited by Ernest Gruening. New York, 1923- 1924. 2 vols. Introductions to: The Master Builder, Pillars of Society, Hedda Gabler by Henrik...
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The Arctic in World Environmental History
Journal article by Jonathan D. Greenberg; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 42, 2009
Subjects: Arctic--Environmental aspects, Ecology and history--Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental history--Laws, regulations and rules
...in the Arctic. (92) Ethnographer Ernest Burch describes the nineteenth century...168) The great English navigator Henry Hudson discovered Hudson Bay and Hudson...embrace and the rubbing of noses. Ernest S. Burch, Jr., Alliance and Conflict...
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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
...45, at 120-26. (48) Henry Gannett, The General Geography...14, at 162-163. (69) ERNEST GRUENING, THE STATE OF ALASKA: A...note 15, at 84 (quoting 9 HENRY DAVID THOREAU, THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU 275 (Houghton...
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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
...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...Participation. (42.) Letter from Gruening to Moses, June 25, 1964, NYPL...
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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
...political mavericks as Senators Wayne Morse of Oregon and Ernest Gruening of Alaska had publicly opposed American involvement...chairman of the Nixon for President Committee, Oklahomas Henry Bellmon. Bellmon cited the brainwashing statement as...
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Phi Alpha Theta Initiates
Journal article; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
...Justine C. Dominguez, Dennis Gruening, Paul D. Kaap, Jeremy Spitzer...Jeremy Todd Cranford, William Ernest Draper, Brandon Joel Graves...Jared Ross Hardesty, Glenn Eli Henry, Laurie Annette Lotz, Brent...May 2006: Joshua A. Apple, Ernest N. Blackwell, Adam M. Castevens...


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magazine articles on: Gruening Ernest Henry  - 4 results

 
 
1.
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
...first U.S. senator; Ernest Gruening, governor of Alaska Territory...governor. * Kentucky: Henry Clay, U.S. senator...senator. * Minnesota: Henry Mower Rice, U.S. senator...South Dakota: William Henry Harrison Beadle, surveyor...
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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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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
...Senate 88 to 2, with Democratic Senators Wayne Morse and Ernest Gruening in opposition. Still, many legislators had to be persuaded...forces in Angola. Frustrated with these decisions, Henry Kissinger complained that "we are living in a nihilistic...
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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
...organized labor. In 1921 Ernest H. Gruening was Managing Editor of...of Marines in Haiti. Gruening is a former member of...represented in Europe by Henry G. Alsberg--who at...Pulitzer Prize winner Henry Pringle. Assistant Director...


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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...senator. Minnesota: Henry Mower Rice, U.S. senator...South Dakota: William Henry Harrison Beadle, surveyor...
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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...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...Many Battles (1973); S. Ross, Gruening of Alaska (1968...


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