Author: Charles Eugene Hamlin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin
Author: Charles Eugene Hamlin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin
Author: Charles Eugene Hamlin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 686
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LIFE AND TIMES OF HANNIBAL HAMLIN
Author: CHARLES EUGENE. HAMLIN
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ISBN: 9781033060445
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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ISBN: 9781033060445
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man
Author: Reg Ankrom
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476673764
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
It didn't take long for freshman Congressman Stephen A. Douglas to see the truth of Senator Thomas Hart Benton's warning: slavery attached itself to every measure that came before the U.S. Congress. Douglas wanted to expand the nation into an ocean-bound republic. Yet slavery and the violent conflicts it stirred always interfered, as it did in 1844 with his first bill to organize Nebraska. In 1848, when America acquired 550,000 square miles after the Mexican War, the fight began over whether the territory would be free or slave. Henry Clay, a slave owner who favored gradual emancipation, packaged territorial bills from Douglas's committee with four others. But Clay's "Omnibus Bill" failed. Exhausted, he left the Senate, leaving Douglas in control. Within two weeks, Douglas won passage of all eight bills, and President Millard Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850. It was Douglas's greatest legislative achievement. This book, a sequel to the author's Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843, fully details Douglas's early congressional career. The text chronicles how Douglas moved the issue of slavery from Congress to the ballot box.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476673764
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
It didn't take long for freshman Congressman Stephen A. Douglas to see the truth of Senator Thomas Hart Benton's warning: slavery attached itself to every measure that came before the U.S. Congress. Douglas wanted to expand the nation into an ocean-bound republic. Yet slavery and the violent conflicts it stirred always interfered, as it did in 1844 with his first bill to organize Nebraska. In 1848, when America acquired 550,000 square miles after the Mexican War, the fight began over whether the territory would be free or slave. Henry Clay, a slave owner who favored gradual emancipation, packaged territorial bills from Douglas's committee with four others. But Clay's "Omnibus Bill" failed. Exhausted, he left the Senate, leaving Douglas in control. Within two weeks, Douglas won passage of all eight bills, and President Millard Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850. It was Douglas's greatest legislative achievement. This book, a sequel to the author's Stephen A. Douglas: The Political Apprenticeship, 1833-1843, fully details Douglas's early congressional career. The text chronicles how Douglas moved the issue of slavery from Congress to the ballot box.
Team of Rivals
Author: Doris Kearns Goodwin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743270754
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war. That Lincoln succeeded was the result of a character that had been forged by life experiences that raised him above his more privileged and accomplished rivals. He won because hepossessed an extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men, to experience what they were feeling, to understand their motives and desires. This capacity enabled President Lincoln to bring his disgruntled opponents together, create the most unusual cabinet in history, and marshal their talents to preserve the Union and win the war.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743270754
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 944
Book Description
On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war. That Lincoln succeeded was the result of a character that had been forged by life experiences that raised him above his more privileged and accomplished rivals. He won because hepossessed an extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men, to experience what they were feeling, to understand their motives and desires. This capacity enabled President Lincoln to bring his disgruntled opponents together, create the most unusual cabinet in history, and marshal their talents to preserve the Union and win the war.
The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin
Author: Charles Eugene Hamlin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337584962
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337584962
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
General Index to the American Statesmen Series
Author: Theodore Clarke Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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American Statesmen: General index. Epitome of United States history
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 502
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American Statesmen: General index
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 500
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Statesmen
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Classified Catalog of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1895-1902. In Three Volumes
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
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