Talk:Paul Douglas (Illinois politician)

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In 1948, in the midst of scandal and knowing the national ticket was going to be headed by the then unpopular Harry S Truman, the Illinois Democratic party choose two men with impeccable reputations to be its nominees for governorship and Senate, respectively. The two men were Adlai Stevenson]] and Paul Douglas. Both men won, perhaps having reverse coattails for Harry Truman, who barely carried the state. I removed this from article for npov and relevance of Stevenson  in relationship to Douglas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smith03 (talk • contribs) 04:30, 23 August 2003 (UTC)

Academia
The article should discuss Douglas's contributions to the field of economics, which were substantial (e.g., Cobb-Douglas (production) function). I plan to add material on this as a separate section from "Family Life" and change the title of the section currently called "Academia and Family Life" to "Family Life." Any thoughts? --JChap2007 15:01, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Career in Senate
The article should mention the hostility toward Douglas on the part of the Southern Democrats, especially Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson. For example, even though he was an expert on taxation, Johnson did not appoint him to the powerful Senate Finance Committee, but instead to the powerless Joint Economic Committee. The hostility is significant because it limited Douglas's power in the Senate. Unless someone objects, I will add some facts to the part on Douglas's Senate career in this regard. --JChap2007 15:01, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Good article
This could easily be an A-class article. It is complete and (a Wikipedia ideal seldom lived up to) concise, and with no fan POV. It needs a few citations, which I've tagged. Once they are fixed, this article should be promoted to A-class. J M Rice (talk) 16:45, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Cobb-Douglas function
Shouldn't the Cobb-Douglas production function be mentioned in this article somewhere? Or is the the wrong Douglas? At least it is the one pointed to by the article about the production function. Even if he is more important as a politician, the function is elemental to production theory and is taught in every micro 101 class.--Asdirk (talk) 16:11, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Top two thirds of the democratic slate?
How were Douglas and Stevenson the 'top two thirds'? Did the Democrats only field 3 candidates that year? Obviously not. If this is supposed to mean something; then what?Ion G Nemes (talk) 18:15, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 27 April 2024

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The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 22:47, 4 May 2024 (UTC)

– The Illinois senator, who died nearly half a century ago, was indeed influential, but there are 11 men listed upon the Paul Douglas (disambiguation) page, with little indication that his renown has remained at such a high level that it dwarfs the combined notability of the remaining ten men, including character star Paul Douglas (actor). The standalone parenthetical qualifier "(politician)" would be incomplete since Paul L. Douglas was also a politician. — Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 04:56, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Paul Douglas → Paul Douglas (Illinois politician)
 * Paul Douglas (disambiguation) → Paul Douglas
 * Oppose, the senator fits historical long-term significance as his influence on the gains of the Civil Rights Movement, environmental movement and its issues, etc., was quite large exactly when they were needed to be large. An example of the right man in the right place. As for living half-a-century ago, that's why an encyclopedia relates topics without regard to decreasing the importance of an era - it looks at people, topics, and their place in history as a whole. Randy Kryn (talk) 14:48, 27 April 2024 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support the Illinois politician has 3,060 views but the actor has 6,662, the musician has 702, the meteorologist has 341, the cameraman has 55, Paul P. Douglas Jr. has 50, Paul L. Douglas has 23, the boxer has 13, the cricketer has 9 and the footballer has 3[].  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 18:24, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 12:45, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. No primary topic for this common name. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:01, 30 April 2024 (UTC)