Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 39
... Andrew Jackson , on the 8th of June , 1845 , and the homage paid to the iron chief by the party he recreated . James K. Polk was one of the disciples of Jackson , and was a few days over three months President when his idol passed away ...
... Andrew Jackson , on the 8th of June , 1845 , and the homage paid to the iron chief by the party he recreated . James K. Polk was one of the disciples of Jackson , and was a few days over three months President when his idol passed away ...
Page 41
... Andrew Jackson . The love of the people of Tennessee fol- lowed him to the American Congress ; and he had served but a single term when the State of Tennessee made him one of its representatives in the American Senate , where he sat ...
... Andrew Jackson . The love of the people of Tennessee fol- lowed him to the American Congress ; and he had served but a single term when the State of Tennessee made him one of its representatives in the American Senate , where he sat ...
Page 60
... Andrew G. Curtin's name was first mentioned as a candidate for Governor in 1854 , but he did not enter the field ... Jackson for President - in fact , both the Federal and Democratic parties were reaching out for Old Hickory , and I ...
... Andrew G. Curtin's name was first mentioned as a candidate for Governor in 1854 , but he did not enter the field ... Jackson for President - in fact , both the Federal and Democratic parties were reaching out for Old Hickory , and I ...
Page 61
... President by the vote of Kentucky ! When Andrew Jackson roared , John Randolph . challenged Henry Clay , and George Kremer cried aloud and spared not ! Parties dissolved into thin air . Thousands of Federalists went over to the ...
... President by the vote of Kentucky ! When Andrew Jackson roared , John Randolph . challenged Henry Clay , and George Kremer cried aloud and spared not ! Parties dissolved into thin air . Thousands of Federalists went over to the ...
Page 62
... Jackson against the censure of the Senate for the removal of the depos- its ... Jackson ; Webster siding with Clay , but refusing to echo his personal re ... Andrew G. Curtin grew to manhood . Inheriting his genial nature and his ...
... Jackson against the censure of the Senate for the removal of the depos- its ... Jackson ; Webster siding with Clay , but refusing to echo his personal re ... Andrew G. Curtin grew to manhood . Inheriting his genial nature and his ...
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