vcczar Posted Saturday at 11:58 PM Share Posted Saturday at 11:58 PM Sen. William Borah (ID-R) is one of the weirdest Progressives because he has strains of conservatism not found in most of the non-Southern progressives during the time. His progressivism is more like LaFollette's than Teddy Roosevelt's in general. Borah managed to be both an outlier and a major Senate leader. Our closest analogy would be Bernie Sanders--someone who doesn't quite fit in, but gets chairman positions for major committees. Sanders had to run for president and do well in the primaries to get those spots though. Borah is the most significant political figure in Idaho history. Borah's actions: Borah, William 1907 Defends Roosevelt in the Brownsville Affair, which saw over 200 black soldiers dismissed Borah, William 1909 helps add income tax to tariff bill Borah, William 1909? Repackages Income Tax bill as 16th Amendment Borah, William 1912 Supports Roosevelt over Taft at Convention, but refuses to bolt from GOP; endorses neither Taft nor TR Borah, William 1912 Declines offer to be VP to add Progressive to the ticket Borah, William 1913 Role in the 17th Amendment Borah, William 1913 Opposes Federal Reserve Act Borah, William 1914 Opposes Panama Canal and Wilson's Latin American policies as imperialist Borah, William 1914 Opposes Women's Suffrage Amd't, believing it should be left to the states Borah, William 1916 Declines to run for pres, and backs Hughes Borah, William 1917 Surprises some by supporting Declaration of War Borah, William 1917 opposes Espionage Act Borah, William 1917 emerges as anti-League spokesman Borah, William 1918 Helps sink Women's Suffrage Amendment; he would vote no again when it passes Borah, William 1918 opposes Sedition Act Borah, William 1919 a leading"irreconcilable" opposed to League of Nations Borah, William 1920 accuses Wood and Lowden of buying GOP nom; favor Hiram Johnson for pres Borah, William 1920 Borah Reso regarding naval conf with UK & Japan Borah, William 1921 Votes against Taft on the SC because of his age Borah, William 1921 backs recognition of USSR Borah, William 1922 opposes Dyer anti-lynching bill (and again in 1923) Borah, William 1923 a leading reformer Borah, William 1924 Offered VP spot by Coolidge, upsetting Coolidge's cabinet, but he refuses to their relief Borah, William 1924 Influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair. Served during dearmament Borah, William 1925 leads opposition to Coolidge's AG nom Warren Borah, William 1925 chief progressive opponent to Coolidge Borah, William 1927 rages against U.S. Nicaragua policy Borah, William 1927 carries resolution to settle disputes with Mexico Borah, William 1927 takes up cause of outlawing war Borah, William 1928 a leader of GOP isolationist wing Borah, William 1928 helps to induce Kellogg-Briand Pact Borah, William 1928 Plans to seek GOP nom if Convention is deadlocked; had backed Frank Willis who died before conv Borah, William 1929 gets Hoover to call special sess on ag policy Borah, William 1929 presses pro-agriculture tariff policy Borah, William 1930 Crosses the aisle to oppose Smoot-Hawley Tariff Borah, William 1930 Leads opp to Hughes as ChJ Borah, William 1932 Considers challenging Hoover for GOP nom Borah, William 1932 Criticizes GOP's vague stance on prohibition (Borah was pro-prohibition) Borah, William 1933 Generally supports FDR's New Deal Borah, William 1933 helps kill FDR's pro-League embargo plan Borah, William 1933 worried about monopoly potential of NRA Borah, William 1934 helps filibuster against anti-lynching bill Borah, William 1935 helps block U.S. membership to World Court Borah, William 1935 helps draft Neutrality Act Borah, William 1935 spurs Potato Control Act Borah, William 1936 Outperforms Landon in the GOP primaries but loses GOP nom for pres to Landon at Convention Borah, William 1936 refuses to endorse Landon for president after Convention Borah, William 1937 prods Justice Van Devanter to retire from SC Borah, William 1938 Latecomer in condemning Nazi Germany in persecuting Jewish people Borah, William 1939 against FDR on cash-and-carry policy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted Saturday at 11:59 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 11:59 PM There's so much I dislike about him, but his overall progressive record barely tips him for me. If he had any personal scandals, I'd probably vote him down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted Sunday at 12:09 AM Author Share Posted Sunday at 12:09 AM I might change my vote, the more I think about this. It’s hard to ignore some of his actions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pringles Posted Sunday at 12:18 AM Share Posted Sunday at 12:18 AM He’s basically Republican William Jennings Bryan. Pretty unfavorable for me. And weird person all around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted Sunday at 12:24 AM Author Share Posted Sunday at 12:24 AM 5 minutes ago, Pringles said: He’s basically Republican William Jennings Bryan. Pretty unfavorable for me. And weird person all around. Yeah. Good analogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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