Recollections of senator Burton K. Wheeler, 1992.

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Recollections of senator Burton K. Wheeler, 1992.

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Photocopy of a typewritten reminiscence by Mary G. "Dixie" Caton, secretary to former Montana senator Burton K. Wheeler from 1967 to 1975. Includes information on the former senator's failing eyesight in his final years and trips to the Wheeler summer home at Glacier National Park and other places in Montana and California.

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Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library

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Montana State University (Bozeman, Mont.). Library

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Caton, Dixie

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Dixie Caton was secretary to Burton K. Wheeler from 1967-1975. From the guide to the Recollections of Senator Burton K. Wheeler, 1992, (Montana State University-Bozeman Library, Merrill G Burlingame Special Collections) ...

Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975

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Burton Kendall Wheeler was born in Hudson, Mass., on 27 Feb. 1882 and moved to Montana shortly after his graduation from law school in 1905. He began his law career in Butte, serving as U.S. Attorney for Montana from 1913 to 1918 prior to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1922. In 1924 he ran unsuccessfully for vice-president on the Progressive Party presidential ticket. Wheeler is remembered as one of the most powerful senators in Washington, D.C., in the 1930s. Chairman of the Interstate Comm...