Talk:Coleman Livingston Blease
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For clarification, I was the person who originally wrote this article; it was before I had created this userid. -- Bruce E. Baker, Royal Holloway, University of London.
Blease as Governor
I think there are a couple of edits needed to this section. First, it doesn't make much sense to say "his influence thereafter declined and his repeated attempts to win high office usually ended in failure" and then in the next paragraph discuss his election to the U.S. Senate in 1924. Without getting into all the nuances of S.C. politics at this time, I think we can see the World War I period and the administration of Richard I. Manning as the moment when the Progressive Era comes to South Carolina. Blease returns to favour during the more reactionary 1920s. Second, we need to say something here about Blease's outspoken support for lynching during his tenure in office as governor. He's best know for his 1930s comment about lynching and the Constitution, but he probably actually did more to facilitate and condone lynching while he was governor. Bruce E Baker 23:23, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
