| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 36.1

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 36.1 | The History Cooperative

*Honest John Shafroth: A Colorado Reformer.* By Stephen J. Leonard, Thomas J. Noel, and Donald L. Walker, Jr. (Denver: Colorado Historical Society, 2003. vii + 187 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.)
Honest John Shafroth chronicles a history of Colorado and America from 1879 to 1919, interwoven with the political career of a leading Colorado politician. The book addresses political corruption and morality in a context of economic growth, third party politics, political bosses, and imperialism. John Franklin Shafroth (1854–1922), a Missouri migrant, settled in Denver in 1879, practiced law, and began his political career as a Republican-elected city attorney in 1887. He served in the U. S. House of Representatives, 1895–1904, as Colorado's governor, 1909–1913, and in the U. S. Senate, 1913–1919. The authors aim to present "both a history lesson and a lesson of current relevance" (p. 3).	1
Shafroth endorsed the Populists and the remonetization of silver and won reelection in 1896 as a Silver Republican. In the 1902 "tainted" election, he ran for reelection as a Democrat and remained a Democrat henceforth. When he refused to accept the win because "ballot irregularities cast doubt on the validity of his victory," he earned the title of "Honest John" (p. 35).	. . .

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