The Enigma of Mike Monroney

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Article provides an overview of the political career of Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney, who served the people of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives and US Senate from 1939 until 1966. The author characterizes Monroney as a level-headed moderate attempting to continue his tenure in office amidst a shift to the conservative right in Oklahoma politics.

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Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018 Spring 2013.

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Article provides an overview of the political career of Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney, who served the people of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives and US Senate from 1939 until 1966. The author characterizes Monroney as a level-headed moderate attempting to continue his tenure in office amidst a shift to the conservative right in Oklahoma politics.

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Abstract: Almer Stillwell "Mike" Monroney served the people of Oklahoma in the US House of Representatives and US Senate from 1939 until 1966. In this overview of Monroney's political career, Richard Lowitt characterizes the politician as a level-headed moderate attempting to continue his tenure in office amidst a shift to the conservative right in Oklahoma politics.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 91(1), Oklahoma Historical Society, 2013, pp. 4-39

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 91
  • Issue: 1
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  • Page End: 39

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Corrections section from Volume 91, Number 2, Summer 2013. It includes a correction to the map on page 412 of the article "A Separate People: A History of the Oklahoma Amish" from Volume 90 Number 4, Winter 2012-13. It also includes a correction to a photograph label on page 33 in the article "The Enigma of Mike Monroney" from Volume 91, Number 1, Spring 2013.

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Lowitt, Richard, 1922-2018. The Enigma of Mike Monroney, article, Spring 2013; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2016997/: accessed June 14, 2025), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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