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Robert Rice Reynolds (June 18, 1884 – February 13, 1963) was an American politician who served as a Democratic US senator from North Carolina from 1932 to 1945. Almost from the outset of his Senate career, "Our Bob," as he was known among his local supporters, [1] acquired distinction as a passionate isolationist and increasing ...
4 de abr. de 2017 · Sen. Robert Rice Reynolds was a showman and an isolationist. He is also a reminder that nativism isn't new to American politics. By Sarah Wildman Apr 4, 2017, 8:10am EDT. Senator Robert R...
Written By Will Schultz. Robert Rice Reynolds (1884-1963), popularly known as “Buncombe Bob,” represented North Carolina in the U.S. Senate from 1932 until 1944. The flamboyant Reynolds began his political career as a staunch New Dealer before turning to isolationism and extreme nationalism.
Commentary By Rorin Platt. A most atypical southern politician and U. S. Senator from 1933 to 1945, Robert Rice Reynolds was an unabashed isolationist and Anglophobe, whose foreign policy positions, not economic ones, alienated him from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Reynolds’s notorious womanizing and five marriages, opposition to ...
Robert Rice Reynolds (18 de junio de 1884 - 13 de febrero de 1963) fue un político estadounidense que se desempeñó como senador demócrata de los Estados Unidos por Carolina del Norte de 1932 a 1945.
Robert Rice Reynolds was an American politician who served as a Democratic US senator from North Carolina from 1932 to 1945. Almost from the outset of his Senate career, "Our Bob," as he was known among his local supporters, acquired distinction as a passionate isolationist and increasing notoriety as an apologist for Nazi aggression in Europe.
North Carolina Senator Robert Rice Reynolds was a colorful, controversial Depression-era politician who was usually dismissed by a broad range of critics as a zany, a buffoon, and even a bigot. Although Reynolds left few personal papers, Pleasants has done extensive research in Reynolds's congressional papers and the leading newspapers of the ...
