During the 1940s and 1950s Glenn R. Davis was one of the brightest stars of the Republican Party. In the halls of Congress he was known as ‘The Iron Man’ because of his unwillingness to make compromises. His last ten years in office were spent in an unsuccessful attempt to halt Congress’ increasing appetite for deficit spending. This biography traces Davis’ career from a childhood spent in rural poverty to combat in the Pacific to the White House the night Richard Nixon resigned the presidency.