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... Andrew Johnson heard the still more remarkable inauguration of the man he succeeded . War followed the one , peace and assassination the other . The scene in the Senate of the United States on the 4th of March 1865 , when Andrew ...
... Andrew Johnson heard the still more remarkable inauguration of the man he succeeded . War followed the one , peace and assassination the other . The scene in the Senate of the United States on the 4th of March 1865 , when Andrew ...
Page 42
... Andrew Johnson reiterated his determination to stand by the flag to the last . Carlile , of West Virginia , would vote for force to put down the rebel foe . It was in the midst of this feeling that Breckinridge rose to SENATOR E. D. ...
... Andrew Johnson reiterated his determination to stand by the flag to the last . Carlile , of West Virginia , would vote for force to put down the rebel foe . It was in the midst of this feeling that Breckinridge rose to SENATOR E. D. ...
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... Johnson , of Tennessee , S. F. Vinton and Joshua Giddings , of Ohio , all gathered to their fathers . And there also were many yet living , like Andrew Johnson , of Ten- nessee , Stevens and Toombs , of Georgia - these two last among ...
... Johnson , of Tennessee , S. F. Vinton and Joshua Giddings , of Ohio , all gathered to their fathers . And there also were many yet living , like Andrew Johnson , of Ten- nessee , Stevens and Toombs , of Georgia - these two last among ...
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... Andrew Johnson , was intense and unnatural ; while to those who opposed Buchanan and his Lecompton treachery in 1858 , he showed no mercy . The curious part of the above extract is the unconscious trib . ute to the old flag and the ...
... Andrew Johnson , was intense and unnatural ; while to those who opposed Buchanan and his Lecompton treachery in 1858 , he showed no mercy . The curious part of the above extract is the unconscious trib . ute to the old flag and the ...
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... Andrew Johnson as Vice - President . Perhaps it was the meeting of these quadrennial assemblages , their exciting debates , and the extreme personal animosities to which they gave rise , which made Baltimore the seat and centre of such ...
... Andrew Johnson as Vice - President . Perhaps it was the meeting of these quadrennial assemblages , their exciting debates , and the extreme personal animosities to which they gave rise , which made Baltimore the seat and centre of such ...
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