Merwin Swanson
Associate Professor of History, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho.
Political Hacks in the Idaho Territory | Ronald H. Limbaugh, Rocky Mountain Carpetbaggers: Idaho’s Territorial Governors, 1863–1890
Articles/Essays – Volume 17, No. 4
Ronald H. Limbaugh’s Rocky Mountain Carpetbaggers chronicles Idaho’s gubernatorial administrations—maladministrations?— during its territorial years. The scenario Limbaugh creates runs as follows: (1) a petty politician has connections in Washington; (2) he is appointed to the…
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