The Struggle Of'72: The Issues and Candidates of the Present Political Campaign: Containing Biographical Sketches of All the Candidates for President and Vice-president; History and Platforms of the Great Political Parties; Facts about Public Men and Measures; Review of Grant's Administration; the Queer Record of Horace Greeley |
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... ballot . The con- vention also adopted a platform of which the fol- lowing is a copy : PHILADELPHIA PLATFORM OF 1856 . " This Convention of Delegates , assembled in pursuance of a call addressed to the people of the United States ...
... ballot . The con- vention also adopted a platform of which the fol- lowing is a copy : PHILADELPHIA PLATFORM OF 1856 . " This Convention of Delegates , assembled in pursuance of a call addressed to the people of the United States ...
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... ballot , amid excitement and enthusiasm the like of which has rarely been witnessed in this country . Hannibal Hamlin , of Maine , was chosen for the second place on the ticket . The platform , which , it is believed , was chiefly ...
... ballot , amid excitement and enthusiasm the like of which has rarely been witnessed in this country . Hannibal Hamlin , of Maine , was chosen for the second place on the ticket . The platform , which , it is believed , was chiefly ...
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... ballot , Schuyler Colfax , of Indiana , was nominated for Vice - President , defeating Reuben E. Fenton , of New York , Andrew G. Curtin , of Pennsylvania , Henry Wilson , of Massachusetts , and others . The platform and candidates were ...
... ballot , Schuyler Colfax , of Indiana , was nominated for Vice - President , defeating Reuben E. Fenton , of New York , Andrew G. Curtin , of Pennsylvania , Henry Wilson , of Massachusetts , and others . The platform and candidates were ...
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... ballot - box , and therefore they are entitled to the thanks of the nation . Finance . 13. We denounce repudiation of the public debt , in any form or disguise , as a national crime . We witness with pride the reduction of the principal ...
... ballot - box , and therefore they are entitled to the thanks of the nation . Finance . 13. We denounce repudiation of the public debt , in any form or disguise , as a national crime . We witness with pride the reduction of the principal ...
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... ballot , which , at the completion of the roll - call , stood thus : Alabama Arkansas WILSON . COLFAX . -12 7 MAYNARD . SCATTERING . I ! 12 California .. 12 -- Connecticut ... 6 6 Delaware 6 Florida 5 3 Georgia .. .16 6 Illinois 25 17 ...
... ballot , which , at the completion of the roll - call , stood thus : Alabama Arkansas WILSON . COLFAX . -12 7 MAYNARD . SCATTERING . I ! 12 California .. 12 -- Connecticut ... 6 6 Delaware 6 Florida 5 3 Georgia .. .16 6 Illinois 25 17 ...
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