Reminiscences of Francis Russell Stoddard : oral history, 1949.

Biographical Note

Lawyer, politician.

Scope and Contents

Republican Party district leader, Greenwich Village; campaigning, voting procedures; 1921 mayoralty campaign and rise of Fiorello La Guardia; New York Assemblyman, 1912-1915; Deputy Superintendent of Insurance, New York, 1915-1921; Superintendent, 1921-1924; World War I; anti-aircraft artillery study, 1917; 10th Assembly District leader, 1919-1927; military aide to Mayor La Guardia, World War II, Observations on political leaders, notably Franklin Roosevelt, Thomas E. Dewey, Alfred E. Smith, Charles Whitman, and Nathan Miller.

Subjects

• Bombard, Owe, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• New York (N.Y.)--Politics and government--1898-1951.
• New York (State)--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• Oral histories.
• Politicians--Interviews.
• Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
• Stoddard, Francis R. (Francis Russell), 1877-

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