Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The 1924 contest for Indiana governor remains a reminder of the power that the Indiana Ku Klux Klan once had to influence and shape outcomes of state and local elections.The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s was a secret society hostile to and intolerant of Catholics, Jews, African-Americans, immigrants, drinking, and immorality.The Klan-backed Republican candidate for Indiana Governor, Ed Jackson, Secretary of State under the previous Governor, Warren T. McCray, hitched his political star with the Ku Klux Klan.Jackson's Democratic challenger, Carleton B. McCulloch, M.D., the Democratic Party's standard bearer for Indiana Governor in both the 1920 and 1924 elections, brought impeccable credentials to the contest along with a sterling reputation for integrity and honesty.Best known as the personal physician for James Whitcomb Riley, Dr. McCulloch, (1871-1949) was an early champion for the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children and a war hero.As an Incorporator for the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association (now the Riley Children's Foundation), Dr. McCulloch was a member of the Joint Executive Committee that supervised the planning and building of the hospital in 1924 and served on the Association's Board from 1921-1949.During World War I, Major McCulloch served with distinction as a physician and chief of surgical staff at Base Hospital 32 in France, composed almost entirely of Hoosier doctors and nurses, and as commander of Mobile Hospital 11.Dr. McCulloch was awarded the Croix de Guerre, France's 2 nd highest military decoration, for his bravery under fire while treating wounded soldiers at Montdidier during World War I's Argonne defense.In 1918, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and in 1920, to Colonel McCulloch in the Medical Corps Reserve.
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6989783167
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