Lincoln the Politician: How the Rail-splitter and Flatboatman Played the Great American Game |
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... house , Robert Smith , O. B. Ficklin , W. A. Richardson , Thomas J. Turner , John A. McClernand , and " Long " John Wentworth . Both of the latter were to be heard from later . To the Senate had come Stephen A. Douglas , after a single ...
... house , Robert Smith , O. B. Ficklin , W. A. Richardson , Thomas J. Turner , John A. McClernand , and " Long " John Wentworth . Both of the latter were to be heard from later . To the Senate had come Stephen A. Douglas , after a single ...
Page 65
... House had resolved that President Polk had " un- necessarily and unconstitutionally commenced " the war . He prodded Polk through an attack on his Democratic colleague , Richardson , who had introduced a resolution indorsing the ...
... House had resolved that President Polk had " un- necessarily and unconstitutionally commenced " the war . He prodded Polk through an attack on his Democratic colleague , Richardson , who had introduced a resolution indorsing the ...
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... House of Representatives and wrote to congratulate him : " We are all much gratified here to see you are elected . We consider you our peculiar friend at Court . " While Lincoln's fame had been increased by his debates with Douglas ...
... House of Representatives and wrote to congratulate him : " We are all much gratified here to see you are elected . We consider you our peculiar friend at Court . " While Lincoln's fame had been increased by his debates with Douglas ...
Contents
Shaky | 186 |
Three to One You Dont Get | 192 |
The Inside Track | 208 |
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