Difference between revisions of "Clare Boothe Luce"
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{{cquote|I have campaigned for fighting a hard war—not a soft war. Therefore this election proves how the American people want to fight this war. They want to fight it efficiently and without bungling. They want to fight it in an honorable, all-out, plain-spoken partnership with our Allies.}} | {{cquote|I have campaigned for fighting a hard war—not a soft war. Therefore this election proves how the American people want to fight this war. They want to fight it efficiently and without bungling. They want to fight it in an honorable, all-out, plain-spoken partnership with our Allies.}} | ||
| − | Luce was re-elected by only one percentage point in the following 1944 races, once again benefiting from a Socialist Party candidate drawing support away from her Democrat opponent.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=253194 CT District 4 Race - Nov 07, 1944]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref> | + | Luce was re-elected by only one percentage point in the following 1944 races, once again benefiting from a Socialist Party candidate drawing support away from her Democrat opponent.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=253194 CT District 4 Race - Nov 07, 1944]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref> Although she supported the "general outlines" of FDR's foreign policy, she sharply criticized his single-person decision making, asserting that the U.S. was becoming:<ref name=history.house.gov/> |
| + | {{cquote|...a dictatorial bumbledom.}} | ||
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Revision as of 19:08, September 25, 2021
Ann Clare Boothe Luce (March 10, 1903 – October 9, 1987) was an author, playwright, and diplomat from New York City who represented Connecticut's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms. She is mostly known for her tenure as U.S. Ambassador to Italy under the Eisenhower Administration, where she was an outspoken anti-Communist.
Political career
U.S. House of Representatives
In the 1942 midterms, Luce sought a U.S. House seat in Connecticut, running against incumbent Democrat Le Roy D. Downs. She won the GOP nomination despite criticisms from intraparty opponents that she was a "carpetbagger," and campaigned with the following platform:[1]
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Although an internationalist unlike many isolationists who had dominated the GOP for a long period, Luce campaigned against Downs in the general election as a "rubber stamp" for the Roosevelt Administration.[1] Gaining traction from an endorsement by unsuccessful Republican presidential nominee Wendell Willkie, she defeated Downs by five percentage points.[1][2] A socialist candidate in the race siphoned away 15,000 votes, likely having been the primary reason for Luce's victory, which afterwards the representative-elect declared:[1]
| “ | I have campaigned for fighting a hard war—not a soft war. Therefore this election proves how the American people want to fight this war. They want to fight it efficiently and without bungling. They want to fight it in an honorable, all-out, plain-spoken partnership with our Allies. | ” |
Luce was re-elected by only one percentage point in the following 1944 races, once again benefiting from a Socialist Party candidate drawing support away from her Democrat opponent.[3] Although she supported the "general outlines" of FDR's foreign policy, she sharply criticized his single-person decision making, asserting that the U.S. was becoming:[1]
| “ | ...a dictatorial bumbledom. | ” |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 LUCE, Clare Boothe. US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ↑ CT District 4 Race - Nov 03, 1942. Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ↑ CT District 4 Race - Nov 07, 1944. Our Campaigns. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
External links
- Profile at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress