"Save the Farmer": Oklahoma Congressmen and Farm Relief Legislation, 1924-1928

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Article describes the conflict in the United States Congress over the passage of farm relief legislation in the 1920s. Two senators and eight members of the House of Representatives were delegates from Oklahoma, and fought for such measures as the McNary-Haugen bill to assist struggling farmers.

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14 p. : ill.

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Grant, Philip A., Jr. Summer 1986.

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  • Main Title: "Save the Farmer": Oklahoma Congressmen and Farm Relief Legislation, 1924-1928
  • Serial Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma

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Article describes the conflict in the United States Congress over the passage of farm relief legislation in the 1920s. Two senators and eight members of the House of Representatives were delegates from Oklahoma, and fought for such measures as the McNary-Haugen bill to assist struggling farmers.

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14 p. : ill.

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Abstract: Low crop prices, indebtedness, declining land values, and the end of family farming. The year was not 1984; it was 1924, and the cries of protest were coming from the United States Congress. In this timely article, Phillip A. Grant examines the response of the Oklahoma congressional delegation to the farming crisis of the 1920s.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 64(2), Oklahoma Historical Society, 1986, pp. 74-87

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 64
  • Issue: 2
  • Page Start: 74
  • Page End: 87

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The Chronicles of Oklahoma is the scholarly journal published by the Oklahoma Historical Society. It is a quarterly publication and was first published in 1921.

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Grant, Philip A., Jr. "Save the Farmer": Oklahoma Congressmen and Farm Relief Legislation, 1924-1928, article, Summer 1986; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2031533/: accessed July 7, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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