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... Democratic domination . . . although the Legislature will be Democratic by reason of the unfair apportionment of the state by a former Democratic Legislature , in gerrymandering the state , . . . thus insuring the election of Democrats ...
... Democratic domination . . . although the Legislature will be Democratic by reason of the unfair apportionment of the state by a former Democratic Legislature , in gerrymandering the state , . . . thus insuring the election of Democrats ...
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... Democratic incumbent , Thomas L. Harris , close friend of Douglas , had died some months before , and Democrat John A. McClernand and Republican John M. Palmer were fighting a hot battle for the seat . In the last two weeks of the ...
... Democratic incumbent , Thomas L. Harris , close friend of Douglas , had died some months before , and Democrat John A. McClernand and Republican John M. Palmer were fighting a hot battle for the seat . In the last two weeks of the ...
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... Democrats rejoiced , saying the Republicans would be easy to beat because the Seward group would bolt their Party.2 That had not happened . Realistic Democratic leaders knew that , to defeat Lincoln , they faced a Brobdingnagian task ...
... Democrats rejoiced , saying the Republicans would be easy to beat because the Seward group would bolt their Party.2 That had not happened . Realistic Democratic leaders knew that , to defeat Lincoln , they faced a Brobdingnagian task ...
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| Title | Lincoln's Rise to Power: With Illustrations |
| Author | William Eldon Baringer |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company, 1937 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 373 pages |
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