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Interviewee
Tucker, James M. May 12, 1971 

Call Number
71-012

Physical Description

36 pages; 2 tapes, 3 3/4 ips, 85 minutes; index

Interviewer
Tudor, David F.

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

James Tucker, born 1908 and died 1995, was active in the Young Republicans Organization, and was elected the Indiana secretary of state in 1938 and 1940. He speaks about some of the issues he dealt with as secretary, such as the Ripper Bills, McNutt Bills, and patronage. He talks about campaign funding, the 1948 gubernatorial campaign, and serving on the Conservation Commission, which was the precursor to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
  • Indiana Conservation Commission
  • Indiana University
  • Republican Party
  • Young Republicans Organization
• • Occupation Names
  • attorney
  • secretary of state
• • Personal Names
  • Capehart, Homer Earl, Jr.
  • Gates, Ralph F.
  • Harding, Warren G.
  • Holder Cale J.
  • Schricker, Henry F.
  • Watson, James E.
  • Willkie, Wendell L.
• • Place Names
  • Evansville, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • 1948 Indiana gubernatorial election
  • McNutt Bills
  • party factions
  • political campaign funding
  • political campaigns
  • political patronage
  • Ripper Bills