Impeached: The Removal of Texas Governor James E. Ferguson (Volume 126) (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 162349527X ISBN 13: 9781623495275

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, 2017

Synopsis

In 1917, barely into his second term as governor of Texas, James E. Ferguson was impeached, convicted, and removed from office. Impeached provides a new examination of the rise and fall of Ferguson’s political fortunes, offering a focused look at how battles over economic class, academic freedom, women’s enfranchisement, and concentrated political power came to be directed toward one politician.

Jessica Brannon-Wranosky and Bruce A. Glasrud have brought together top scholars to shine a light on this unique chapter in Texas history. An overview by John R. Lundberg offers a comprehensive survey of the impeachment process. Kay Reed Arnold then follows the Ferguson story into the halls of academia at the University of Texas—which Ferguson threatened to close—sparking a fierce response by faculty, alumni, students, and, especially, the Women’s Committee for Good Government. Rachel M. Gunter further places the Ferguson impeachment in the context of the suffrage movement. Leah LaGrone Ochoa then explores Ferguson’s hot-and-cold relationship with the Texas press, and Mark Stanley examines the impact of the impeachment on Texas politics in the decades that followed. Jessica Brannon-Wranosky concludes with an assessment of the historical memory of Ferguson's impeachment throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Impeached: The Removal of Texas Governor James E. Ferguson reveals how power ebbed and flowed in twentieth-century Texas and includes several annotated primary documents critical to understanding the Ferguson impeachment.

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About the Author:

JESSICA BRANNON-WRANOSKY is the Distinguished Professor of Digital Humanities and History at Texas A&M University–Commerce. Her most recent publications include contributions to Texas Women: Their Histories, Their Lives and Discovering Texas History. BRUCE A. GLASRUD is professor emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay, and retired dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Sul Ross State University. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than two dozen books, most recently Anti-Black Violence in Twentieth-Century Texas.

Review:

“I highly recommend this volume, not only for those interested in Texas political history, but for anyone interested in contemplating historical parallels to our current times.”— Southwestern Historical Quarterly
  (Southwestern Historical Quarterly)

About this edition

• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 162349527X
• ISBN 13: 9781623495275
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Brannon-Wranosky Dr. Jessica, Glasrud Bruce A.