Reference
Chart of Achievements
Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, London © Sue Lowry & Magellan PR
March 17, 2011
| EXECUTIVE OFFICE | MAJOR INITIATIVES* | RESULT* | BOOKS PUBLISHED |
| (Note: Ministers must be Members of Parliament – MPs) None (1900-1905) (Member of Parliament) |
Elected 1900 as a Conservative; in 1904 switched to Liberal Party | Success Success |
The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) The River War (1899); Savrola (1899) London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (1900) Ian Hamilton’s March (1900) Mr. Brodick’s Army (1903) |
| Colonial Under-Secretary 1905-1908 | Transvaal constitution | Success | Lord Randolph Churchill (1906) For Free Trade (1906) |
| President, Board of Trade 1908-1910 (out of Parliament 24 Apr 1908 – May 09) |
Labor dispute mediation Arbitration courts Labor Exchanges Minimum wage |
Success Mixed Success Success |
My African Journey (1908) Liberalism and the Social Problem (1909) |
| Home Secretary 1910-1911 |
Strike intervention Home rule for Ireland Prison reform Insurance Act Labor and Shop Acts |
Mixed Inconclusive Mixed Success Success |
The People’s Rights (1910) |
| First Lord of the Admiralty 1911-1915 |
Naval staff reorganization Fleet power conversion (coal to oil) Naval Air Corps Ship development project Tank development project Dardanelles |
Success Success Success |
|
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 28 May 1915 – 11 Nov 1915 |
Only serious duty is to appoint County magistrates; a sinecure. | ||
| None (1915-1916) (Member of Parliament) |
Battalion commander, France | Success | |
| Minister of Munitions 1917-1919 |
Streamlining of ministry Output increases |
Success Success |
|
| Secretary of State for Air & War 1919-1921 | Russian intervention Demobilization |
Failure Success |
|
| Colonial Secretary 1921-1922 |
Home Rule for Ireland Middle East reorganization |
Mixed Success |
|
| Out of Parliament 16 Nov 1922 – 29 Oct 1924 |
1924 Returns to Conservative Party | The World Crisis (vol. 1 & 2/5) (1923) | |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer 1924-1929 |
Gold standard restoration Income tax reduction Sweeping tax reform Coal strike mediation General Strike 1926 |
Failure Success Failure Failure Mixed |
The World Crisis ( vol. 3 & 4/5) (1927-29) |
| None (1929-1939) (Member of Parliament) “Wilderness Years” |
Opposed India Bill Campaign for rearmament Defended Edward VIII |
Failure Failure Mixed |
The World Crisis ( vol. 5/5) (1931) My Early Life: A Roving commission(1930) India (1931) Thoughts and Adventures/Amid These Storms (1932) Marlborough: His Life and Times(1933-38) Great Contemporaries (1937) Arms and the Covenant/While England Slept (1938) |
| First Lord of the Admiralty 1939-1940 | Norwegian offensive Attacking German Fleet National Broadcasts |
Failure Success Success |
Step by Step 1936-1939 (1939) |
| Prime Minister and Minister of Defence 1940-1945 |
Mobilized English Language WW2 – vs. Germany/Italy WW2 – vs. Japan Opposed Soviet hegemony |
Success Success Success Failure |
Into Battle/Blood Sweat and Tears(1941) The Unrelenting Struggle (1942) The End of the Beginning (1943) Onward to Victory (1944) |
| Prime Minister 1945 | Caretaker Government | The Dawn of Liberation (1945) | |
| None Leader of the Opposition (1945-1951 |
Tory domestic policy Warned of Soviet threat Supported Labour’s Foreign Policy |
Success Success Mixed |
Secret Session Speeches (1946) The Second World War 6 vol. (1948-53) Sinews of Peace (1948) Europe Unite (1950) |
| Prime Minister 1951-1955 | Cold War mediation | Failure | In the Balance (1951); Stemming the Tide (1953) |
| None 1955-1964 (Member of Parliament) |
Intercedes with Eisenhower over Suez | Failure | History of the English-Speaking Peoples 4 vol. (1956-58); The Unwritten Alliance (1961) Winston S. Churchill: The Complete Speeches 8 vol. (1974) The Collected Essays of Sir Winston Churchill 4 vol. (1975) |
*Major initiatives and evaluations compiled by Steven F Hayward, from his book Churchill on Leadership (Rocklin, CA: Prima, 1998). p.24, and Richard M. Langworth, Editor, The Churchill Centre. May be reprinted for educational purposes, but only with attribution to Steven F. Hayward and The Churchill Centre.
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