“Political Hellraiser: The Life and Times Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana.”
Montana Lowdown
English - April 23, 2019 15:43 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsPolitics News government interview montana montanafreepress news politics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Burton K. Wheeler was an original maverick. A “Political Hellraiser,” according to a new full-length biography of the former Montana Senator.
B.K. as he was known to his friends, was a champion of organized labor, a one-time vice-presidential candidate on the Progressive Party ticket, an anti-war, pro-New Deal Democrat, and a one-time ally of President Franklin D. Roosevelt who later spearheaded opposition to Roosevelt’s attempt to pack the U.S. Supreme Court.
Wheeler was fiercely independent and defied conventional stereotypes of Washington, D.C. politicians.
Author and historian Marc Johnson and longtime political reporter Chuck Johnson join host John Adams to discuss the influential and controversial senator.