Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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John Wien Forney. accusation " ten - cent Jimmy , " repeated by the Whig papers and partisans thirty years ago , used to gall the statesman of Wheatland and his supporters in 1840-41 . But it was soon lost sight of ; and when he was the ...
John Wien Forney. accusation " ten - cent Jimmy , " repeated by the Whig papers and partisans thirty years ago , used to gall the statesman of Wheatland and his supporters in 1840-41 . But it was soon lost sight of ; and when he was the ...
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... Whigs . But when he became fully imbued with his History of the United States , " now completed in ten imperial volumes , and in six of a different style , the politician was merged in the student and the philosopher , and little was ...
... Whigs . But when he became fully imbued with his History of the United States , " now completed in ten imperial volumes , and in six of a different style , the politician was merged in the student and the philosopher , and little was ...
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... Whig and then a Republican , a member of the State Legislature , having subsequently declined a place on the bench in the Superior Court , he came into the gubernatorial office at the moment when he was needed , amply equipped for a ...
... Whig and then a Republican , a member of the State Legislature , having subsequently declined a place on the bench in the Superior Court , he came into the gubernatorial office at the moment when he was needed , amply equipped for a ...
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... Whig and Republican , but remained a lawyer in Belle- fonte until Governor Pollock called him into his Cabinet in 1854 , in which capacity he was unconsciously trained for a higher vocation . In 1860 he was nominated as the Republi- can ...
... Whig and Republican , but remained a lawyer in Belle- fonte until Governor Pollock called him into his Cabinet in 1854 , in which capacity he was unconsciously trained for a higher vocation . In 1860 he was nominated as the Republi- can ...
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... Whigs on the 17th ; and the politicians of both sides were anxious to secure his services . He was a Democrat , of course , but he stood aloof with instinctive delicacy . He was not yet a citizen , and soon became a student at law under ...
... Whigs on the 17th ; and the politicians of both sides were anxious to secure his services . He was a Democrat , of course , but he stood aloof with instinctive delicacy . He was not yet a citizen , and soon became a student at law under ...
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