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100 1 $aNoer, Thomas J.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78037438
245 10 $aSoapy :$ba biography of G. Mennen Williams /$cThomas J. Noer.
260 $aAnn Arbor :$bUniversity of Michigan Press,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $axvi, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 395-402) and index.
520 1 $a"In this first complete biography of G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams, author Thomas Noer brings to life the story of one of the most controversial and colorful politicians in twentieth-century American politics and a giant in the Michigan Democratic Party." "In 1948, winning a stunning upset, Williams became Michigan's second Democratic governor since the Civil War and was reelected five times. He served under Kennedy and Johnson as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, briefly held the post of U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines, and was a member of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1970 to 1986, serving as Chief Justice in his last term." "Beneath his showy public persona, Williams also made important contributions to American diplomatic and political history. He built an unrivaled political machine in Michigan, bringing organized labor, African Americans, and ethnic groups into a new coalition; influenced the shift in American policy toward support for African independence; and wrote landmark decisions as a jurist on the Michigan Supreme Court."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aWilliams, G. Mennen,$d1911-1988.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80084463
650 0 $aGovernors$zMichigan$vBiography.
651 0 $aMichigan$xPolitics and government$y1951-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084705
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip058/2005004651.html
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