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David Graham Phillips (October 31, 1867 – January 24, 1911) was an American novelist and journalist of the muckraker tradition.
In muckraker. David Graham Phillips’s series “The Treason of the Senate” ( Cosmopolitan, 1906), which inspired Pres. Roosevelt’s speech in 1906, was influential in leading to the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution, which provided for popular senatorial elections.
David Graham Phillips (1867-1911), American novelist, journalist, and noted muckraker. Muckrakers were writers and journalists who in the early 20th century worked to expose the corruptions and abuses of power in politics, business, and various aspects of American life.
David Graham Phillips was an American novelist and journalist of the muckraker tradition.Phillips was born in Madison, Indiana. After graduating from high school, Phillips entered Asbury College (now DePauw University) - following which he received a degree from Princeton University in 1887.
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In muckraker David Graham Phillips’s series “The Treason of the Senate” ( Cosmopolitan, 1906), which inspired Pres. Roosevelt’s speech in 1906, was influential in leading to the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution, which provided for popular senatorial elections.
The muckrakers provided detailed, accurate journalistic accounts of the political and economic corruption and social hardships caused by the power of big business in a rapidly industrializing United States.
Aug 30, 2022 · Although he never played a game, or even took a single class, investigative journalist and best-selling novelist David Graham Phillips, pictured here circa 1890, gets the credit for the creation of UC’s first football team.
