Wounded warrior : the rise and fall of Michigan Governor John Swainson /
Overview: New evidence in the bribery trial of Michigan's once-loved but now forgotten governor and politician, 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, Swains...
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Format: | Online Book |
Language: | English |
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East Lansing :
Michigan State University Press,
©2010.
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Summary: | Overview: New evidence in the bribery trial of Michigan's once-loved but now forgotten governor and politician, 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 1975, 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 Glazer re-examines the FBI's investigation of Swainson and delves into his 1975 trial in detail. He reveals new information from eyewitnesses 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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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) : illustrations |
Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781609172060 160917206X 9781628951516 1628951516 9780870139710 |
Access: | JSTOR Electronic access restricted to Villanova University patrons. |