The American Heritage History of the Making of the NationAmerican Heritage Publishing Company; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1968 - United States - 416 pages |
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Page 197
... Senate refused to confirm his appointment . Vice President Cal- houn , his efforts to heal the breach with the administra- tion having failed , cast the deciding vote against Van Buren . " It will kill him dead , sir , " he remarked ...
... Senate refused to confirm his appointment . Vice President Cal- houn , his efforts to heal the breach with the administra- tion having failed , cast the deciding vote against Van Buren . " It will kill him dead , sir , " he remarked ...
Page 199
... Senate by 2 votes . For three years Senator Benton worked to get the cen- sure resolution expunged from the Senate records- not annulled or revoked but physically removed , al- though Webster objected that a record of what the Senate ...
... Senate by 2 votes . For three years Senator Benton worked to get the cen- sure resolution expunged from the Senate records- not annulled or revoked but physically removed , al- though Webster objected that a record of what the Senate ...
Page 342
... Senate in 1850 by indignant and thoroughly proslavery Missourians . The kaleidoscope of history , relentlessly changing , was creating new patterns out of the old forms , filling the Capital with new faces . There were the younger men ...
... Senate in 1850 by indignant and thoroughly proslavery Missourians . The kaleidoscope of history , relentlessly changing , was creating new patterns out of the old forms , filling the Capital with new faces . There were the younger men ...
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