Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... elect , and ex - Governor Dennison , of the same State . General Meade could not attend , because he was detained at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac , and the Secretary of the Treasury , Mr. Chase , was kept in Wash- ington ...
... elect , and ex - Governor Dennison , of the same State . General Meade could not attend , because he was detained at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac , and the Secretary of the Treasury , Mr. Chase , was kept in Wash- ington ...
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... elected members of the National Assembly . On the 11th of May the Provisional Gov- ernment was dissolved , and on the 15th another revolution broke out , and was suppressed with difficulty . Louis Napo- leon , having returned to London ...
... elected members of the National Assembly . On the 11th of May the Provisional Gov- ernment was dissolved , and on the 15th another revolution broke out , and was suppressed with difficulty . Louis Napo- leon , having returned to London ...
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... elected to the Assembly for Corsica , which he again resigned , as he had resigned the others , adding that " he thought he ought not to return to his country until his presence in France could in no manner serve as a pretext to the ...
... elected to the Assembly for Corsica , which he again resigned , as he had resigned the others , adding that " he thought he ought not to return to his country until his presence in France could in no manner serve as a pretext to the ...
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... elected by 5,434,426 votes out of 7,324,682 votes , the opposing candidates being Cavaignac , Ledru - Rollin , Raspail , Lamartine , and General Changarnier . Cavaignac yielded to the decree , and Louis Napoleon ascended the tribune and ...
... elected by 5,434,426 votes out of 7,324,682 votes , the opposing candidates being Cavaignac , Ledru - Rollin , Raspail , Lamartine , and General Changarnier . Cavaignac yielded to the decree , and Louis Napoleon ascended the tribune and ...
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... elected a Senator in Congress from New Jersey for the term ending in 1857 , but resigned in 1853 , after having been active in several measures , among oth- ers the bill abolishing flogging in the navy , which he introduced . But the ...
... elected a Senator in Congress from New Jersey for the term ending in 1857 , but resigned in 1853 , after having been active in several measures , among oth- ers the bill abolishing flogging in the navy , which he introduced . But the ...
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