Tag Archives: Michigan politics

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Michigan’s Moderates

Terrence J. McDonald | Fall 2021

With the relatively recent deaths of former Congressman John D. Dingell, former Michigan Governor William G. Milliken, and, most recently, former United States Senator Carl Levin, we ask: what can the lives of remarkable public service and long-term political success and recognition teach us? Scholars will no doubt argue over this in coming years, and they will do so, in part, by visiting the Bentley archives.

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Challenging the Interpretations of the Past

Terrence J. McDonald | Winter 2021

With all appropriate pomp and circumstance, on June 30, 1913, a statue of Michigan politician Zachariah Chandler was unveiled in the National Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol. In 2011, that statute was removed from Statuary Hall. And therein lies a tale worth retelling at a time when efforts to challenge names on buildings and statues in parks are underway all over the country, including in Michigan.

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