—Woodrow Wilson, 19131 THE 1918 MIDTERM ELECTIONS TRANSFERRED CONTROL OF TH...
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- All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances That Drive American Power whole source · open book
—Woodrow Wilson, 19131 THE 1918 MIDTERM ELECTIONS TRANSFERRED CONTROL OF THE SENATE FROM THE Democrats to the Republicans. In the process, Henry Cabot Lodge, a twenty-five-year veteran power politician, became the Senate majority leader and chair of the Foreign Relations Committee. In both roles, Wilson would need the support of this longtime nemesis but was unable to garner it.
chapter: Chapter 3: The Late 1910s: Peace Treaties and Domestic Politics