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Pages : 208
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Memorial Tributes to the Character and Public Services of William Windom
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Pages : 208
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Memorial Tributes to the Character and Public Services of William Windom
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Category : Cabinet officers
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Category : Cabinet officers
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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William Windom
Author: Robert Seward Salisbury
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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This is the first book devoted exclusively to the political career of William Windom. It illuminates not only the personal biography of Windom, arguably Minnesota's most influential political figure of the 19th century, but it also casts much light on the differences between the Democratic and Republican parties during the period 1860-1890. Salisbury offers evidence which refutes the traditional view of the Gilded Age that Republicans were the party of big business, characterized by a mediocrity of leadership and permeated by corruption and venality. Rather, Windom and a majority of both parties maintained a consistent stance throughout this period on such questions as the desirability of governmental intervention in the economy, the regulation of private behavior by governmental coercion, and attitudes toward the nation's number of groups which were discriminated against, including women and blacks. An intensive analysis of William Windom's political career - he served in the U.S. House of Representatives for ten years, in the U.S. Senate for twelve years, and was twice appointed Secretary of the Treasury - reveals the post-Civil War era to hold several more nuances than contemporary beliefs allow. Salisbury offers important observations about the essence of both parties and the general political mood of the 19th century.
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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This is the first book devoted exclusively to the political career of William Windom. It illuminates not only the personal biography of Windom, arguably Minnesota's most influential political figure of the 19th century, but it also casts much light on the differences between the Democratic and Republican parties during the period 1860-1890. Salisbury offers evidence which refutes the traditional view of the Gilded Age that Republicans were the party of big business, characterized by a mediocrity of leadership and permeated by corruption and venality. Rather, Windom and a majority of both parties maintained a consistent stance throughout this period on such questions as the desirability of governmental intervention in the economy, the regulation of private behavior by governmental coercion, and attitudes toward the nation's number of groups which were discriminated against, including women and blacks. An intensive analysis of William Windom's political career - he served in the U.S. House of Representatives for ten years, in the U.S. Senate for twelve years, and was twice appointed Secretary of the Treasury - reveals the post-Civil War era to hold several more nuances than contemporary beliefs allow. Salisbury offers important observations about the essence of both parties and the general political mood of the 19th century.
Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society
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Category : Dakota Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Category : Dakota Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 936
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Monthly Bulletin of Books Added to the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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A History of Minnesota
Author: William Watts Folwell
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Collections
Author: Minnesota Historical Society
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Category : Minnesota
Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Minnesota Biographies, 1655-1912
Author: Warren Upham
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 946
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 946
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