Building for the Centuries: Illinois, 1865 to 1898 |
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Page 74
... Republican majorities were razor thin in the senate from 1878 to 1880 and in the house from 1882 to 1884 and from 1884 to 1886 . Actually , the Republican party controlled the General Assembly comfortably only a little more than half ...
... Republican majorities were razor thin in the senate from 1878 to 1880 and in the house from 1882 to 1884 and from 1884 to 1886 . Actually , the Republican party controlled the General Assembly comfortably only a little more than half ...
Page 76
... Republican party had benefitted from this trend in its formative years as the most dynamic , ambitious , and “ liberal " leaders of the Whigs , Democrats , Free - Soilers , Know Nothings , and Anti - Nebraskaites forsook their old ...
... Republican party had benefitted from this trend in its formative years as the most dynamic , ambitious , and “ liberal " leaders of the Whigs , Democrats , Free - Soilers , Know Nothings , and Anti - Nebraskaites forsook their old ...
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... party affiliation , and it left him open to charges of opportunism which his opponents were quick to voice ... Republican party had first gained the governorship under William Bissell in 1856 , ousting the Democrats for the first ...
... party affiliation , and it left him open to charges of opportunism which his opponents were quick to voice ... Republican party had first gained the governorship under William Bissell in 1856 , ousting the Democrats for the first ...
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Of People and Places | 1 |
Structure of Governmental Power | 35 |
Of Men and Machines | 72 |
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