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McNutt builds powerful Indiana political machine
Indiana Governor Paul V. McNutt dominates state politics during the 1930s. The piece outlines his reorganization act, the Hoosier Democratic club, and clashes with rivals like Peters and Feeney, detailing patronage battles, party realignments, and election majorities that shaped Indiana politics ahead of 1940.
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Allen Dibble
United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Paul V. McNutt
Hoosier Democratic
78Th General Assembly
Democratic Party
Indiana
McNutt
Republicians
Frank Mayr, Jr
Statehouse
Mayr
Robert Codd
Grover Garrett
James Carpenter
Earl Peters
Les Ray ‘Mayr
Dodd
Peters
James A. Farley
Franklin Roosevelt
Washington
Farley
Kahey
Poynes
Roosevelt
Club McNutt
Hoosier Democratic Club
Floyd Williamson
Carleton B. McCulloch
Omer Blakes Jackson
Dr. McCullough
Sherman
Sullivan
U. S
Frederick van Nuys
Greenlee
Reginald Sullivan
Minton
Arthur R. Robinson
Republian
stonceNutt
Dillinger
Albright
State Senate
Feeney
al Feeney
Senator van Nuys
M. Clifford Townsend
van Nuys
E. Kirk McKinney
Indiana Home Owners Loan Corporation
Pleas E. Greenlee
Marion County
McKinney
Townsend