Leonidas LaFayette Polk

This is the story of Leonidas Polk, whose name was destined to become a national byword. In 1889 he was elected president of the Farmers' Alliance, the largest agricultural organization in American history. The agrarian reforms that Polk had championed led to the agrarian crusdae"" and the New Deal.

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