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Their admission to Congress would reduce the nominal Republican majority in the House from 98 to about 40 and in the Senate from 28 to about 6. The Radicals ' devotion to party domina- tion was the feature that most clearly ...
Their admission to Congress would reduce the nominal Republican majority in the House from 98 to about 40 and in the Senate from 28 to about 6. The Radicals ' devotion to party domina- tion was the feature that most clearly ...
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Stockton received forty votes as against thirty - seven for the leading Republican aspirant . The presiding officer declared him in " with the unanimous acquiescence of the as- sembly not a single protest , objection , or even a ...
Stockton received forty votes as against thirty - seven for the leading Republican aspirant . The presiding officer declared him in " with the unanimous acquiescence of the as- sembly not a single protest , objection , or even a ...
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Highly effective as a vote - getter was the Union League , the Northern Republican organization that had been imported into the South where its branches were usually spoken of as Loyal Leagues . These Leagues and similar groups were ...
Highly effective as a vote - getter was the Union League , the Northern Republican organization that had been imported into the South where its branches were usually spoken of as Loyal Leagues . These Leagues and similar groups were ...
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Contents
THE VICE PRESIDENT | 3 |
THE RADICALS | 35 |
OF HOPES DEFERRED | 49 |
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