Burton Kendall Wheeler
United States Senator from Montana
In office March 3, 1923 – January 3, 1947
Preceded by	Henry L. Myers
Succeeded by	Zales Ecton
Progressive nominee for Vice President of the United States
Election date November 4, 1924
Running mate	Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Opponent(s)	Charles G. Dawes (R) Charles W. Bryan (D)
Incumbent	Vacant[1]
Born	February 27, 1882 Hudson, Massachusetts
Died	January 6, 1975 (aged 92) Washington, D.C.
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic Progressive (1924)

Burton Kendall Wheeler (February 27, 1882 – January 6, 1975) was a Montana politician of the Democratic Party and a United States Senator from 1923 until 1947. Image File history File links W000330. ... Type Upper House President of the Senate Richard B. Cheney, R since January 20, 2001 President pro tempore Robert C. Byrd, D since January 4, 2007 Members 100 Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party Last elections November 7, 2006 Meeting place Senate Chamber United States Capitol Washington, DC United States... This article is about the U.S. State. ... is the 62nd day of the year (63rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry Lee Myers (October 9, 1862 - November 11, 1943) was a United States Senator from Montana. ... Zales Nelson Ecton (April 1, 1898 March 3, 1961) was an American politician. ... The United States Progressive Party of 1924 was a national ticket created by Robert M. La Follette, Sr. ... The United States presidential election of 1924 was won by incumbent President Calvin Coolidge, the Republican candidate. ... is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. ... Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) was an American banker and politician who was the 30th Vice President of the United States. ... GOP redirects here. ... Charles Wayland Bryan (February 10, 1867 - March 4, 1945), was the younger brother of perennial U.S. Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major United States political parties. ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Massachusetts. ... Hudson is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Washington,_D.C..svg The flag of Washington, D.C. It is from openclipart. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... The United States Progressive Party of 1924 was a national ticket created by Robert M. La Follette, Sr. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 6th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic... Type Upper House President of the Senate Richard B. Cheney, R since January 20, 2001 President pro tempore Robert C. Byrd, D since January 4, 2007 Members 100 Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party Last elections November 7, 2006 Meeting place Senate Chamber United States Capitol Washington, DC United States...

Wheeler was born in Hudson, Massachusetts. He grew up in Massachusetts, attending the public schools and working as a stenographer in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated from the University of Michigan law school in 1905. He initially headed for Seattle, Washington, but after getting off the train in Butte, Montana and losing his belongings in a poker game, he settled there and began practicing law. Hudson is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. ... Boston redirects here. ... The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (U of M, UM, U-M or simply Michigan) is a coeducational public research university in the state of Michigan. ... Seattle redirects here. ... Uptown Butte 1942 view of the city Butte is a city in Silver Bow County, Montana and is the county seat. ... For the domestic fireplace tool, see fireplace poker. ...

He became a Montana state legislator in 1910 where he gained a reputation as a champion of labor against the Anaconda Copper Mining Company which dominated the state. He then served as a United States Attorney where he most famously refused to hand down a single sedition indictment during World War I, especially significant as Montana was a large stronghold of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). In 1920 he ran for Governor of Montana as a candidate of the Non-Partisan League. The ticket included a multi-racial set of candidates, unusual for 1920, including an African-American and a Blackfoot Indian.^[2] Wheeler was defeated by Republican Joseph M. Dixon, but ran for U.S. Senator two years later. The Anaconda Copper Mine was a large copper mine in Butte. ... United States Attorneys (also known as federal prosecutors) represent the U.S. federal government in United States district court and United States court of appeals. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW or the Wobblies) is an international union currently headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. At its peak in 1923 the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers. ... List of Montana Governors See also Governors of Montana Territory Exteral link governors of Montana Categories: Governors of Montana | Lists of United States governors ... The Non-Partisan League was a political organization that was founded in 1915 in the United States by socialist A. C. Townley. ... Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... Sahpo Muxika, also known as Crowfoot, former Head Chief of the Blackfeet Nation. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

Wheeler won election to the United States Senate from Montana in 1922 with 55% of the vote over Republican congressman Carl W. Riddick and served four terms, being reelected in the 1928, 1934 and 1940 elections. He broke with the Democratic Party in 1924 to run for vice-president of the United States on the Progressive Party ticket led by Robert La Follette, Sr. He returned to the Democratic Party after the election, which was not successful for the Progressives or the Democrats. Wheeler supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt's election, and many of his New Deal policies, but broke with him over his opposition to Roosevelt's court-packing schemes. Type Upper House President of the Senate Richard B. Cheney, R since January 20, 2001 President pro tempore Robert C. Byrd, D since January 4, 2007 Members 100 Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party Last elections November 7, 2006 Meeting place Senate Chamber United States Capitol Washington, DC United States... Results -- Republican holds in light red, pickups in dark red, Democratic holds in light blue, pickups in dark blue, Farmer-Labor pickup in orange The U.S. Senate election, 1922 was an election for the United States Senate which occurred in the middle of Republican President Warren G. Hardings... Carl Wood Riddick (25 Feb 1872 - 9 Jul 1960) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the Second District of Montana, from March 1919 to March 1923 in the 66th and 67th Congresses, replacing Jeannette Rankin. ... Results -- Republican holds in light red, pickups in dark red, Democratic holds in light blue, pickups in dark blue The U.S. Senate election, 1928 was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with the election of Republican Herbert Hoover as President. ... Results -- Republican holds in light red, pickups in dark red, Democratic holds in light blue, pickups in dark blue, simultaneous hold in purple, Farmer-Labor hold in orange, Progressive hold in green The U.S. Senate election, 1934 was an election for the United States Senate which occurred in the... Results -- Republican holds in light red, pickups in dark red, Democratic holds in light blue, pickups in dark blue, Progressive hold in green The U.S. Senate election, 1940 was an election for the United States Senate which coincided with the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to his third term... Introduction Incumbent President Coolidge was relatively popular, and the economy was booming. ... Progressive Party 1924 (United States) was a national ticket created by Robert LaFollette, Sr. ... Robert Marion La Follette, Sr. ... FDR redirects here. ... This article is about the policy program of US President Franklin D Roosevelt. ...

In 1930, Wheeler gained national attention, when he successfully campaigned for the reelection to the US Senate of his friend and Democratic colleague Thomas Gore, the colorful "Blind Cowboy" of Oklahoma. Wheeler is often credited for steering public opinion in Gore's favor with a series of speeches in which, with characteristic hyperbole, he repeatedly implied that he would personally play the part of the Blind Cowboy's horse on his ride to Washington. Thomas Gore Thomas Pryor Gore (born Governor Thomas Pryor Gore on December 10, 1870 – March 16, 1949) was a Democratic politician. ... For other uses, see Oklahoma (disambiguation). ...

In the 1940 presidential election, there was a large movement to "Draft Wheeler" into the presidential race, possibly as a third party candidate, led primarily by John L. Lewis. Presidential electoral votes by state. ... For other uses, see Third party. ... DAVE ACKERMAN HAS WOOLY SOCKSJohn Llewellyn Lewis (February 12, 1880 – June 11, 1969) was an American leader of organized labor who served as president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960. ...

As tensions mounted in Europe, he became a supporter of the anti-war America First Committee. As chair of the Senate Interstate Commerce Commission, Wheeler announced in August of 1941 he would investigate “interventionists” in the motion picture industry. Most studio heads, he would soon be surprised to learn, were Jews.^[3] Wheeler questioned why so many foreign born were allowed to shape American opinion.^[4] The America First Committee was the foremost pressure group against American entry into the Second World War. ...

After the start of World War II in Europe, he opposed any aid to Britain or the countries involved in the war. The United States Army secret Victory Plan was leaked on 4 December 1941 to Wheeler who passed the Plan on to three newspapers. [1] Wheeler did not, however, vote against America's participation in World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, saying the only thing left to do was "to lick hell out of them". Wheeler sought renomination in 1946 but was defeated by Leif Erickson in the Democratic primary. Erickson was then defeated by Republican Zales Ecton. Wheeler did not return to politics and returned to his law practice. He died in Washington, D.C. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This article is about the actual attack. ... Zales Nelson Ecton (April 1, 1898 March 3, 1961) was an American politician. ... For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ...

In the alternate history novel The Plot Against America (2004) by Philip Roth, Wheeler serves as Vice President in the administration of President Charles Lindbergh. Roth depicts Wheeler imposing martial law in Lindbergh's absence, whereas the real Wheeler had been a leading opponent of the martial law imposed in Montana during World War I. Author Bill Kauffman describes Wheeler as being, in fact an "anti-draft, antiwar, anti-big business defender of civil liberties". [2] Alternative history or alternate history can be: A History told from an alternative viewpoint, rather than from the view of imperialist, conqueror, or explorer. ... The Plot Against America: A Novel (ISBN 0-618-50928-3) is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004. ... Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933, Newark, New Jersey[1]) is a famous American novelist. ... The Vice President of the United States[1] (sometimes referred to as VPOTUS[2] or Veep) is the first in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) (aka Lucky Lindy; The Lone Eagle) was an American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, and peace activist who, on May 20–21, 1927, rose from virtual obscurity to instantaneous world fame as the result of his exploits as the pilot of the... Battlespace Weapons Tactics Strategy Organization Logistics Lists War Portal         For other uses, see Martial law (disambiguation). ... Bill Kauffman (born November 15, 1959) is an American political writer generally aligned with the paleoconservative movement. ...

The Plot Against America: Senator Wheeler and the Forces Behind Him is also the name of a pamphlet by David George Kin published against Wheeler during the 1946 campaign by supporters of the Communist Party USA, which accused both Wheeler and Harry S. Truman of a fascist conspiracy[3]. The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is a Marxist-Leninist political party in the United States. ... For other persons named Harry Truman, see Harry Truman (disambiguation). ...

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