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==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
===Governor of Colorado=== | ===Governor of Colorado=== | ||
| − | Carr opposed much of the [[New Deal]] due to its extensive [[bureaucracy]].<ref>[https://archives.colorado.gov/sites/archives/files/Carr.pdf Carr.pdf]. ''Colorado State Archives''. Retrieved May 26, 2021.</ref> | + | Carr opposed much of the [[New Deal]] due to its extensive [[bureaucracy]].<ref>[https://archives.colorado.gov/sites/archives/files/Carr.pdf Carr.pdf]. ''Colorado State Archives''. Retrieved May 26, 2021.</ref> He railed against a proposal in February 1941 which would have created a program similar to the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]].<ref>[https://osupublicationarchives.osu.edu/?a=d&d=LTN19410204-01.2.52&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- The Lantern , 4 February 1941]. ''The Ohio State University''. Retrieved May 26, 2021.</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 21:20, May 26, 2021
Ralph Lawrence Carr (December 11, 1887 – September 22, 1950) was a conservative Republican from Colorado who led the opposition to Democrat president Franklin D. Roosevelt's internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. He served as the governor of the state from 1939 to 1943.
Political career
Governor of Colorado
Carr opposed much of the New Deal due to its extensive bureaucracy.[1] He railed against a proposal in February 1941 which would have created a program similar to the Tennessee Valley Authority.[2]
References
- ↑ Carr.pdf. Colorado State Archives. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
- ↑ The Lantern , 4 February 1941. The Ohio State University. Retrieved May 26, 2021.