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Just before receiving his medical degree in 1912, Gruening decided to go into journalism. He joined the Boston American as a reporter, and later moved to the Evening Herald and then the Traveler. In 1917 he became managing editor of the New York Tribune, and, after a hitch with the...
Gruening's years with the Nation in the early twenties came at an exciting time. The magazine under Gruening battled against the power monopolies and gunboat diplomacy in Latin America, and for Irish Independence and American recognition of the revolutionary regime in Mexico. Those years are still very much alive...
After leaving the Nation in 1923, Gruening continued to write, producing two major books on the power industry and on Mexico. He returned to journalism briefly with the New York Post in 1932 and 1933, but with the election of Roosevelt, Gruening entered public service. He was appointed advisor to...
In 1939, following the death of the Governor of Alaska, President Roosevelt appointed Gruening to the governorship. He would continue in that position until 1953, at which time he became Alaska's principal lobbyist for statehood.
THIS CIRCUITOUS route to local prominence helps explain how so unconventional a man as Gruening got to the Senate. He came to Alaska as a New Dealer from Washington, and as a Federal appointee, he had fourteen years of secure power during which to establish himself for the future. During...