Slaying the Republican Giant: John B. Kelly and the Rise of Philadelphia’s Democratic Party
Posted by Jesse Rendell on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Slaying the Republican Giant: John B. Kelly and the Rise of Philadelphia’s Democratic Party Philadelphia’s mayoral election of 1935 promised to be a contest of epic proportions. For nearly three-quarters of a century, since the end of the Civil War, Republicans had virtually controlled nearly every phase of city government. Their success had rested on their historical legacy as “the Party of Lincoln, the Great Emancipator.” By the early 1930s, however, Philadelphians...read more
