Wounded Warrior: The Rise and Fall of Michigan Governor John Swainson
Autor Lawrence M. Glazeren Limba Engleză Hardback – oct 2010
Few people today remember John Swainson. As a teenage soldier he lost both legs in a WWII landmine explosion. Back in the United States, following a meteoric political rise in the Michigan State Senate, Swainson was elected as Michigan's youngest governor since Stevens T. Mason.
In 1970 Swainson was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court, becoming one of the few public officials to have served in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of state government. Then, in 1957, he was indicted on federal charges of bribery and perjury, and convicted of lying to a federal grand jury. Forced to leave the state Supreme Court and disbarred from practicing law, he became a pariah, sinking into depression and alcoholism. He virtually disappeared from public view.
Lawrence M. Glazer re-examines the FBI's investigation of Swainson and delves into his 1975 trial in detail. He reveals new information from eye-witnesses who never testified and, in a poignant coda, relates the little-known story of Swainson's rehabilitation and return to public life as a historian.
In 1970 Swainson was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court, becoming one of the few public officials to have served in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of state government. Then, in 1957, he was indicted on federal charges of bribery and perjury, and convicted of lying to a federal grand jury. Forced to leave the state Supreme Court and disbarred from practicing law, he became a pariah, sinking into depression and alcoholism. He virtually disappeared from public view.
Lawrence M. Glazer re-examines the FBI's investigation of Swainson and delves into his 1975 trial in detail. He reveals new information from eye-witnesses who never testified and, in a poignant coda, relates the little-known story of Swainson's rehabilitation and return to public life as a historian.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780870139710
ISBN-10: 0870139711
Pagini: 322
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Editura: Michigan State University Press
Colecția Michigan State University Press
ISBN-10: 0870139711
Pagini: 322
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 36 mm
Greutate: 0.65 kg
Editura: Michigan State University Press
Colecția Michigan State University Press
Notă biografică
Lawrence M. Glazer has served as an assistant Michigan Attorney General, as chief legal adviser to Michigan governor James Blanchard, and as a State Circuit Judge.
Cuprins
Contents
Preface
Part 1: The Rise
Goad
Amputee
The Best-Adjusted Veteran
A Party Reborn
Legislator
The Primary: A Major Upset
The General Election: A Squeaker
Governor, Year One: Stumbles
Governor, Year Two: Almost
You Know You’re No Longer Governor When . .
The Supreme Court
Part 2: The Fall
The Burglary
The Strike Force
The Grand Jury
The Trial: Defense
The Trial: Verdict
The Trial Reconsidered
Governor, Convicted and Died
The Snitch
Pariah
A More Difficult Recovery
Reflections
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: The 1960 Election: The Numbers
Appendix 2:The 1962 Election: The Numbers
Appendix 3:The Grand Jury in History
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Descriere
Few people today remember John Swainson. As a teenage soldier he lost both legs in a WWII landmine explosion. Back in the United States, following a meteoric political rise in the Michigan State Senate, Swainson was elected as Michigan's youngest governor since Stevens T. Mason.
Lawrence M. Glazer re-examines the FBI's investigation of Swainson and delves into his 1975 trial in detail. He reveals new information from eye-witnesses who never testified and, in a poignant coda, relates the little-known story of Swainson's rehabilitation and return to public life as a historian.
Lawrence M. Glazer re-examines the FBI's investigation of Swainson and delves into his 1975 trial in detail. He reveals new information from eye-witnesses who never testified and, in a poignant coda, relates the little-known story of Swainson's rehabilitation and return to public life as a historian.