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... Secretary of State . Colonel Benton was a sharp thorn in the side of the Administration on the Oregon question . His criticism was merciless , and stung the President and his premier to the quick . Accordingly The Pennsylvanian was ...
... Secretary of State . Colonel Benton was a sharp thorn in the side of the Administration on the Oregon question . His criticism was merciless , and stung the President and his premier to the quick . Accordingly The Pennsylvanian was ...
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... Secretary of the Senate . James Buchanan , as ex - President , heard the re- markable first message of the man who succeeded him , just as Andrew Johnson heard the still more remarkable inauguration of the man he succeeded . War ...
... Secretary of the Senate . James Buchanan , as ex - President , heard the re- markable first message of the man who succeeded him , just as Andrew Johnson heard the still more remarkable inauguration of the man he succeeded . War ...
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... Secretary of the Treasury , and as one of the members of the government of Jefferson Davis , let us " put our- selves in his place . " Another illustration of the force of circumstances is that of John Cabell Breckinridge , of Kentucky ...
... Secretary of the Treasury , and as one of the members of the government of Jefferson Davis , let us " put our- selves in his place . " Another illustration of the force of circumstances is that of John Cabell Breckinridge , of Kentucky ...
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... Secretary of State . The annexation of Texas was the reigning issue . Parties were divided upon it , and John Quincy Adams led the opposition . He was in his seventy - ninth year . Douglas was in his thirty - third . The con- trast was ...
... Secretary of State . The annexation of Texas was the reigning issue . Parties were divided upon it , and John Quincy Adams led the opposition . He was in his seventy - ninth year . Douglas was in his thirty - third . The con- trast was ...
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... Secretary of the Interior , and the other his Minister to England . In this same Congress , a Representative from Illinois , was E. D. Baker , afterward a Senator from Oregon , whose noble re- ply to Breckinridge , some fifteen years ...
... Secretary of the Interior , and the other his Minister to England . In this same Congress , a Representative from Illinois , was E. D. Baker , afterward a Senator from Oregon , whose noble re- ply to Breckinridge , some fifteen years ...
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