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Ray Bliss was a masterful behind-the-scenes force in the Republican Party for more than three decades at the local, state, and national levels. Recognized as a master of the nuts and bolts of practical politics, Bliss was among the first to use polling and television in campaigns. When Bliss took over as national chairman in 1965, the GOP was on life support after Barry Goldwaters landslide defeat in the 1964 presidential election. Bliss rebuilt the party through hard work, innovation, a keen eye for detail, and uncanny political instincts. His shrewd ability to unite liberal, moderate, and conservative Republicans helped put Richard M. Nixon in the White House in 1968. This thorough biography chronicles Blisss career from campus political czar at the University of Akron, to Akron City Hall, the Ohio Statehouse, and finally the national capital in Washington, DC. It details his complicated relationship with Nixon, who used Blisss skills to become president, but then forced his resignation as national chairman.
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BLISS INSTITUTE SERIES
Bliss Institute Series
John C. Green, Editor
William L. Hershey and John C. Green, Mr. Chairman: The Life and Times of Ray C. Bliss
Douglas M. Brattebo, Tom Lansford, Jack Covarrubias, and Robert J. Pauly Jr., editors, Culture, Rhetoric, and Voting: The Presidential Election of 2012
Douglas M. Brattebo, Tom Lansford, and Jack Covarrubias, editors, A Transformation in American National Politics: The Presidential Election of 2012
Daniel J. Coffey, John C. Green, David B. Cohen, and Stephen C. Brooks, Buckeye Battleground: Ohio, Campaigns, and Elections in the Twenty-First Century
Lee Leonard, A Columnists View of Capitol Square: Ohio Politics and Government, 19692005
Abe Zaidan, with John C. Green, Portraits of Power: Ohio and National Politics, 19642004
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The Life and Times of Ray C. Bliss | William L. Hershey |
All Material Copyright 2017 by The University of Akron Press
All rights reserved First Edition 2017 Manufactured in the United States of America.
All inquiries and permission requests should be addressed to the publisher, The University of Akron Press, Akron, Ohio 44325-1703.
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ISBN: 978-1-629220-41-3 (cloth)
ISBN: 978-1-629220-42-0 (ePDF)
ISBN: 978-1-629220-43-7 (ePub)
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Names: Hershey, William L., author. | Green, John Clifford, 1953 author.
Title: Mr. Chairman : the life and times of Ray C. Bliss / William L. Hershey and John C. Green.
Description: First edition. | Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, 2017. | Series: Bliss Institute series | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Identifiers: LCCN 2017013389 (print) | LCCN 2017029398 (ebook) | ISBN 9781629220420 (ePDF) | ISBN 9781629220437 (ePub) | ISBN 9781629220413 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Bliss, Ray C. | Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 19131994Friends and associates. | Republican National Committee (U.S.)Officials and employeesBiography. | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854)History20th century. | Political party organizationUnited StatesHistory20th century. | PoliticiansOhioBiography. | OhioPolitics and government1951 | United StatesPolitics and government19611963. | United StatesPolitics and government19631969.
Classification: LCC E840.8.B585 (ebook) | LCC E840.8.B585 H47 2017 (print) | DDC 324.2734092 [B] dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017013389
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of ANSI / NISO z39.48 1992 (Permanence of Paper).
Cover design: Tyler Krusinski. Cover photo: Associated Press Photo/Jack Thornell. 1967 The Associated Press. Used with permission.
Mr. Chairman was designed and typeset in Centaur with Futura display by Amy Freels, with assistance from Tyler Krusinski. Mr. Chairman was printed on sixty-pound natural and bound by Bookmasters of Ashland, Ohio.
To Marcia Hershey, for all the good times weve had and more to come
To Lynn Green, a steadfast companion on a joyful journey
This book could not have been written without the help of many people. They include the staff of the Bliss Institute, particularly Janet Bolois and Jenni Fitzgerald, and generations of students, as well as the staff of the University of Akron Press, especially Jon Miller and Amy Freels. The following people were interviewed for the book and many agreed to be quoted in the text. We wish to thank these and many others for sharing their knowledge and memories of the life and times of Ray C. Bliss.
| Stephen Ambrose | Rose Carlson | Richard Hurley |
| John Andrews | Cyndra Cole | Mrs. Howard Hyde |
| Alexander Arshinkoff | Leroy Contie | Robert Hynes Jr. |
| Gerald Austin | Kellie Copeland | Raphael Jeter |
| Frank Avren | Madge Doerler | Jefferson Keener |
| William Ayres | William Eells | Herbert Klein |
| James Baker | Louise Palmer Earley | George W. Knepper |
| Kenneth Barker | Robert Feldkamp | Charles Kurfess |
| John Ballard | Ody Fish | John LaGuardia |
| Haley Barbour | Sy L. Fisher | John C. McDonald |
| Robert Bennett | Gerald Ford | Kent McGough |
| John Bibby | Thaddeus A. Garrett Jr. | Keith McNamara |
| Ellen Bliss | John Glenn | Mrs. J. Willard Marriott |
| Amy Bragg | Ralph Goetller | John Mahaney |
| William Brock | Josephine Good | Clyde Mann |
| Clarence J. Bud Brown Jr. | Walter J. Hickel | Della Mann |
| Helen Brown | Clayton Horn | Howard Metzenbaum |
| Roy Browne | Robert Huckshorn | Peter OGrady |
| Hal Bruno | Elisabeth Hurley | Robert Paduchik |
| Michael Pavick | Gary Rosen | W. R. Timken Sr. |
| Arthur Peterson | Don Ross | W. R. Timken Jr. |
| Ray Price | James Ruvolo | Roger Tracy |
| Janet Purnell | William Saxbe | James Tilling |
| Roy Ray | John Sears | William Vance |
| Morris Reid | John Seiberling | David Eugene Waddell |
| Ralph Regula | Mary L. Smith | Paul Weick |
| Frances Rex | Daly Tim Smith | W. Richard Wright |
| James Rhodes | Harry Stein | Abe Zaidan |
| Norma Rios | Robert Taft Jr. | |
| Bernard Rosen | Mrs. Henry H. Timken Jr. |
In January 1981, Republicans streamed into Washington, DC, for Ronald Reagans inauguration as president. There was much to celebrate for the Grand Old Party. Reagan had defeated the Democratic incumbent, President Jimmy Carter, in a landslide. Republicans had taken control of the US Senate and gained fifty-two seats in the US House of Representatives. The Watergate scandal that had forced Richard M. Nixon from the White House in 1974 seemed a distant memory.
Reagans inauguration also coincided with another celebration: the fiftieth anniversary of the political career of Ray C. Bliss. Then seventy-three, Bliss had spent his entire adult life working for the Republican Party, serving as chairman at the local, state, and national levels. At one of the Reagan inaugural balls, Bliss and his wife Ellen held court while senators, representatives, and party officials came by to say thank you to Mr. Chairman.
Bliss was a rare national party chairman who put his mark on political history. He was the first of the Three Bs of the modern Republican Party, a moniker suggested by columnist David Broder for three national chairmenRay Bliss, Bill Brock, and Haley Barbourwho put the party back together after major defeats.
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