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Who was Ben Stapleton?
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| Contributor | BrentinCO |
| Last Edited | BrentinCO May 02, 2019 08:51pm |
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| News Date | Monday, October 2, 2017 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | According to Phil Goodstein, writing in In the Shadow of the Klan: When the KKK Ruled Denver 1920-1926, Stapleton narrowly won the 1923 election against an unpopular incumbent and six other candidates. Although Stapleton appointed some Catholics and Jews to city service positions, he also filled many important roles with Klansmen. He initially refused to appoint a Klan chief of police, however, against the wishes of Locke. “Stapleton wanted to be his own man,” said Goldberg. “He constantly chafed under the leadership of John Galen Locke.”
Just as Klan forces were about to circulate a recall against Stapleton, an anti-Klan group began gathering signatures to recall the new mayor.
To prevent the recall and keep his mayoral seat, Stapleton needed the political power of the Denver Klan. Finally succumbing to KKK pressure, he appointed Klansman William Candlish as the chief of police, accelerating the anti-Klan recall effort against him. |
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