Appropriating Thomas Jefferson, 1929-1945: We Are All Jeffersonians Now

Appropriating Thomas Jefferson, 1929-1945: We Are All Jeffersonians Now
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction - “We Are All Jeffersonians Now”
1 The First Blossoms of a New Bloom: The Southern Agrarians
	1.1 Davidson’s Jefferson: The Home-Grown “Aristocrat”
	1.2 Owsley’s Jefferson: The Adversary of Alexander Hamilton
	1.3 Fletcher’s Jefferson: The Natural Aristoi or “Intellectual Elite”
	1.4 Nixon’s and Wade’s Jefferson: The Father of Populism and Practical Philosopher
	1.5 Lytle’s Jefferson: Subsistence and Independence as “Pursuit of Happiness”
	1.6 Tate’s Jefferson: Caught in between Praise and Derision
2 Memorializing Jefferson
	2.1 Construction of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C.
		2.1.1 Moral Entrepreneurs of Thomas Jefferson
			The Thomas Jefferson Memorial Commission (TJMC)
		2.1.2 The Site(s) – Picking Sites, Choosing Sides
		2.1.3 The Purpose and Design of the Jefferson Memorial
			Utilitarian Memorial Proposals
			Architectural Competition Proposal
		2.1.4 Cornerstone Laying of the Memorial, November 15, 1939
		2.1.5 Inscriptions in the Memorial Room: Frieze and Panels
			The Committee of Three: Senator Thomas, Stuart Gibboney, and Brigadier General Jefferson Randolph Kean
		2.1.6 The Statue and the Pediment
			The Pediment: Telling a Story
		2.1.7 Dedication of the Memorial, April 13, 1943
	2.2 (Jefferson) National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis (JNEM)
	2.3 Memorializing Jefferson’s Birthday: April 13, 1743
		2.3.1 Declaring Jefferson’s Birthday a Holiday
		2.3.2 Celebration of the Bicentennial of Jefferson’s Birth
		2.3.3 Library of Congress Symposium on the Dedication of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
		2.3.4 New Masses Special Jefferson Issue, 13 April 1943
			Creative Portion: Poetry Contest Winner and Louis Lerman’s Allegory
3 Appropriating Jefferson
	3.1 The Political and Rhetorical Tradition of the Jefferson Day Speeches
		From 1830 to the 1930s
	3.2 Jefferson Attributions—Appropriating Jefferson
		3.2.1 Jefferson as Humanitarian
			Humanitarianism in the Jefferson Day Address of Joseph B. Shannon (D-MO), 1934
			James Beck’s Republican Version of Jefferson’s Humanitarianism, 1934
			Jefferson Appropriation in 1935 – Humanitarianism Expanded
			Humanitarianism in 1936: Rebuffing the American Liberty League
			Humanitarianism and Antislavery Sentiments
			Humanitarianism and Asylum
			Humanitarianism – Pacifism, Neutrality, and Trade
		3.2.2 Jefferson as States’ Rights Advocate and Strict Constructionist
			Elected vs. Appointed Officials and the Issuesof Patronage and the Spoils System
			Jefferson as Opponent of Bureaucracy – the Hatch Act
			Jefferson and the Courts: Constitutional Checks and Balances
			Third and Fourth Term Controversy and the Elective Office of the Presidency
			Checks and Balances: The Supreme Court and the Democratic Party
			Anti-Lynching Bill 1938 – States’ Rights and the Aftermath of Slavery
			Debt – Centralization, Bureaucracy, and War
		3.2.3 Jefferson as Communist or Socialist?
			“A Century of Progress in Applying Jefferson’s Philosophy of Education”
			Practical Idealism and Education as Bulwark against Intolerance
			Education in American History Survey 1943 – Lessons of History
			Republican Appropriation: James Davis and the American History Survey
			Practical Idealism’s Relation to Agriculture and Conservation
			Practical Idealism and the National Agricultural Jefferson Bicentenary Committee (NAJBC)
			Practical Idealism of Scientific Advancement and the Patent System
			Science and its Relation to Liberty and Freedom of the Press
	3.3 FDR’s Undelivered Jefferson Day Speech of 1945
Conclusion
Appendix
List of Figures
Works Cited
	Works Analyzed
	Works Consulted
Index
Backmatter