By Mike Rockett

Have you ever heard the term, “Kingmaker”? Per Wikipedia, Kingmaker may be used in some countries to “refer to those individuals with the ability to influence the selection of political leaders.” In a 1960′s LIFE publication on Franklin Delano Roosevelt, it stated that Louis McHenry Howe was FDR’s Kingmaker; however, many more sources boast that James Aloysius Farley was his Kingmaker with no mention of Mr. Howe.

Other Kingmakers:

• Dick Morris – President William Clinton
• David Axelrod – President Barak Obama
• Fred Malek – “GOP Kingmaker”

In a Washington Times article written by Ralph Z. Hallow, he mentioned that Donald Trump “was a man who fancies himself the new GOP kingmaker”. So, there you have it. In one week, I came across a term twice that I had never heard of. I thought I would pass along this knowledge just in case you’ve never heard of the Kingmaker.