Word: democratizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...instincts of teachers and a shared, lifelong devotion to the New Deal. When they arrived in the Senate on the same day in 1949, Humphrey was generally regarded as a brash young radical, a "black knight," as he puts it, intent on tilting against the senatorial establishment ruled by Democrat Richard Russell and Republican Robert Taft...
Manon Springs. After running second in a mayoral election, Humphrey brought about a lasting merger of the rival Democratic and Minnesota Farm er-Labor parties. He won the mayoralty in his second try at age 34. A Minneapolis newspaper reported at the time: "He seems to be a wonderful and meteoric young man, bouncy and gay, built on springs, with a fierce face and pleasant young grin. He puts firecrackers under everything." After two explosively successful terms as a reform mayor, Humphrey became the first Democrat ever popularly elected to the U.S. Senate from Minnesota...
...success comes partly from default. A strong Democrat, perhaps, could topple him in November. Yet a strong candidate appears the least likely choice of the bitterly divided Democratic Party. Though there are many aspirants for the nomination, nearly all have serious political liabilities...
...been getting up earlier," allowed Governor Richard Hughes, "to get my worrying done." He could have stayed in bed. Re-elected last year on a "progress" platform that pledged a state income tax to improve sadly in adequate schools, hospitals, highways and welfare programs, Democrat Hughes was confident that the state's first Democratic legislature in half a century would adopt the tax he needed...
...Senator Too. Gillen's investigation hit a high point last month after Nader agreed to testify before a Senate subcommittee headed by Connecticut Democrat Abraham Ribicoff, which is investigating traffic safety. For a week before the hearings, G.M.'s gumshoes followed Nader all around Washington, trailed him into the Senate Office Building-from which they were evicted by guards who suspected them of being exactly what they were...