John Henry
Roraback (1870-1937)
Dahill,
Edwin McNeil. "Connecticut's J. Henry Roraback." Doctoral
dissertation, Columbia University, 1971. "In the earlier
part of the twentieth century a Republican businessman, J. Henry
Roraback, came to dominate the political affairs of Connecticut.
Elected chairman of the Republican State Central Committee in
1912 he claimed that post until his death in 1937. It was under
his leadership that the Republican party was unified and
came to dominate Connecticut affairs particularly in the 1920's.
By that time, through his dominance of the state's majority party
and his especially long service as its chairman, he had become
the most powerful political figure that Connecticut had produced
since the Civil War.
"It
would be misleading, however, to allow this evaluation to overshadow
the high degree of efficient and responsible government which
distinguished Connecticut under his long rule and how personally
influential he had been in bringing it about." (from the
abstract)
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