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About Oral History
Digital Identifier
JFKOH-HWH-01
Interviewee(s)
Hazen, Howard H., 1921-1994
Biographical Note
(1921 - 1994) Wisconsin political figure; staff member, JFK campaign, 7th District of Wisconsin, 1960; Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1960
Interviewer(s)
Charles T. Morrissey
Access Restriction Status
Open
Use Restriction Status
None
Description
In this interview Hazen discusses how he came to support JFK for the 1960 presidential nomination; Paul Corbin and JFK’s campaign in Wisconsin’s seventh district during both the primary and the general election; how Republicans in the seventh district voted in the Wisconsin primary and the general election; JFK’s ignorance of how the farm economy worked; tensions between JFK’s and Hubert H. Humphrey’s campaigns; the attempt to woo Humphrey’s Wisconsin delegates over to JFK’s side; the 1960 vice presidential nomination; and bitterness over Humphrey’s loss of the Democratic nomination in 1960, among other issues.
Date(s) of Materials
17 January 1966
Deed Status
Rights Transferred Upon Death of Donor
Copyright Status
Donated to the United States
Collection
Series
Series 1. John F. Kennedy Oral History Interviews, 1964-2012.
Preferred Citation
Howard H. Hazen, recorded interview by Charles T. Morrissey, January 17, 1966, (page number), John F. Kennedy Library Oral History Program.
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Use Restriction Note
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Accession Number
OH 2003-062
Transcript
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