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Indiana Territorial and State Bosses and Their Rise
The piece traces Indiana political bosses from early territorial rule by the Virginia Junta led by Harrison and others, through Jennings and the Brookville alliance of Noble Ray Hendricks, to Jesse Bright and Thomas Hendricks, then marks Morton as the first modern Republican boss. It notes how each figure built machines, wielded influence, and shaped state politics, with Brookville as a capital, and ponders successors.
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Indiana
Vincennes
Jennings
Charlestown
Jefferson County
Winneeces
Virginia Junta
Virginia
William Henry Harrison
John Gibson
Thomas Randolph
Walter Taylor
Ord
Clark County
Whitewater
New
New Jersey
Congress
Northwest Territory
Randolph
Junta
Wabash
Clarksville
Ohio
Brookville
Noble Brothers
James Brown Ray
William Hendricks
Madison
James Noble
Noble
Senate
Hendricks
House
Ray
Jeter
Taylor
Monroe
National House of Representatives
Jesse D. Bright
Whitcomb
Democratic
Congressional Record
Globe
Bright
National Senate
Joseph A. Wright
Wright
Thomas A. Hendricks
Jefferson Davis
Tom Platt
Turpie
Gray
McDonald
Voorhees
Democrats
Jefferson
Jackson
Joe Glass Marshall
Sam Parker
Oliver H. Smith
George W. Julian
George G. Dunn
Republican Party
Oliver P. Morton
Henry S. Lane
Dick Thompson
Gresham
Morton
Judge Kirby
Kirby
Grant
Morion
Republican Party of
Slick Six
Indianapolis
Marion County
Harrison