Smith W. Brookhart
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Smith Wildman Brookhart, was twice elected as a Republican to represent Iowa in the United States Senate. He was considered an "insurgent" within the Republican Party. His criticisms of the Harding an
Brookhart in 1924
Brookhart with former Abraham Lincoln Brigade commander Milton Wolff and Alice F. Liveright at an event on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building calling to lift the embargo on Spain, January 9, 1939
Claude R. Porter
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Claude Rodman Porter was an American politician and lawyer. He served in both chambers of the Iowa General Assembly and as a United States Attorney, and was a perennial Democratic Party runner-up to R
Smith W. Brookhart
…recognized ability, and only a real political revolution could have defeated him." In the general election, Brookhart defeated the conservative Democrat Claude R. Porter, who had been a US Attorney during the Wilson administration. Brookhart settled into a shaky co-existence with the Republican establishment. Brookhart…
Porter in 1910