Gifford Pinchot: public service and the meaning of conservation
Subject(s): Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919, Clepper, Henry, 1901-1987, Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924, Lie, Trygve, 1896-1968, Pinchot, Cornelia Bryce, 1881-1960, Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930
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John W. Furlow asserts that Gifford’s Pinchot later career as a politician, most notably as Governor of Pennsylvania, is often overlooked in favor of focusing on the time when he was ascendant in the American conservation movement. Furlow closely examines Pinchot’s time as Governor, and he stresses the role of his wife, Cornelia Bryce Pinchot, as an important influence on Pinchot. Pinchot favored prohibition and the building of farm to market roads as Governor, and Furlow argues that Pinchot’s political career focused on the preservation of human resources. Though he supported President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, Pinchot remained active in Republican politics, but he never held elective office again after 1935.
A photograph of Gifford Pinchot on horseback in 1925 and two photographs of Cornelia Bryce Pinchot appear in the article. In addition to endnotes, the article also features a paragraph that lists a number of studies and biographies of the Pinchots and their home, Grey Towers.
Collection
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal
Creation Date
1987
Creator(s)
Publication Date
2023-03-09
Language
English
Period
Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
Page Count
7
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Record Type
Image
Resource Type
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Cite this Record
Chicago:
Gifford Pinchot: public service and the meaning of conservation. [October 29, 1987?]. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o307663. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Furlow, John W., 1940-2014. Gifford Pinchot: public service and the meaning of conservation. [29 Oct. 1987?]. Image. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. October 29, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o307663.
APA:
Furlow, John W., 1940-2014.: , [1987, October 29?]. Gifford Pinchot: public service and the meaning of conservation. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o307663.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. October 29, 2025. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
APA:
Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal. Theodore Roosevelt Papers. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/theodore-roosevelt-association-journal.
