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Governor Pinchot
Title: Governor Pinchot
Category: History
Details: Words: 1636 | Pages: 7.0 (approximately 235 words/page)
Governor Pinchot
Thoughout much of his life in politics, Pinchot's name had been occasionally thrown around as
a possible Presidential candidate. It never happened. He was eventually elected to public office
as Governor of Pennsylvania in 1922, largely through the support of rural counties and the new
women's vote. During his 1923-1927 administration, his major goals were the regulation of
electric power companies and the enforcement of Prohibition. In a crusade for "clean politics,"
he reorganized state government, did …showed first 75 words of 1636 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1636 total…as he called them, and threatened to take control of the mines.
Meanwhile, he became upset with a report from the Society of American Foresters, an
organization he had basically founded. He called the organization "wishy washy" as the
nation's forests continued to shrink through fire, erosion and massive neglect. Collaborating
with Bob Marshall, the father of modern day wilderness, Pinchot wrote a letter chastising the
forestry profession for its policy failures and "spiritual decay".
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