Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... Whig Candidate for SENATOR . - CHAPTER IX . PROFESSIONAL WORK AND WAYS - HOME AND FAMILY EULOGY ON HENRY CLAY - RAILWAY AND REAPER CASES CHAPTER X. THE " NEBRASKA " SURPRISE .. CHAPTER XI . 84 96 .IIO .123 FIRST ANTI - NEBRASKA CAMPAIGN ...
... Whig Candidate for SENATOR . - CHAPTER IX . PROFESSIONAL WORK AND WAYS - HOME AND FAMILY EULOGY ON HENRY CLAY - RAILWAY AND REAPER CASES CHAPTER X. THE " NEBRASKA " SURPRISE .. CHAPTER XI . 84 96 .IIO .123 FIRST ANTI - NEBRASKA CAMPAIGN ...
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... Whig , for Representative in Congress , as against Joseph Dun- can , Democrat , who was re - elected ; for John ( “ Jack ” ) Armstrong for Constable ; and for Boling Green , later his warm friend , for Magistrate . Both the last were ...
... Whig , for Representative in Congress , as against Joseph Dun- can , Democrat , who was re - elected ; for John ( “ Jack ” ) Armstrong for Constable ; and for Boling Green , later his warm friend , for Magistrate . Both the last were ...
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... Whig candidates , making speeches and “ mixing " with the people . No caucus nominations were made in those days ... Whigs elected . It may reasonably be imagined that a gentleman like Stuart more than once recalled , in the presence of ...
... Whig candidates , making speeches and “ mixing " with the people . No caucus nominations were made in those days ... Whigs elected . It may reasonably be imagined that a gentleman like Stuart more than once recalled , in the presence of ...
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... Whig members of the House , of which James Semple , a Democrat , afterward United States Senator was the Speaker . The State was rapidly filling up ; land speculation was bringing in Eastern money ; it was an era of great expectations ...
... Whig members of the House , of which James Semple , a Democrat , afterward United States Senator was the Speaker . The State was rapidly filling up ; land speculation was bringing in Eastern money ; it was an era of great expectations ...
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... Whig lawyer , then in office . The movement was so adroit that the younger aspirant distanced his surprised competitor by a majority of two votes in the joint assembly . To this period belongs a romance , with tragic end- ing , current ...
... Whig lawyer , then in office . The movement was so adroit that the younger aspirant distanced his surprised competitor by a majority of two votes in the joint assembly . To this period belongs a romance , with tragic end- ing , current ...
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