Meet General GrantGarden Publishing Company, 1931 - 524 pages |
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Page 134
... Senate's time in a verbal castigation of the aged Senator Butler , of South Carolina . In return Mr. Brooks , who was a member of the House and a relative of Senator Butler , decided to give Mr. Sumner a beating . He appeared in the Senate ...
... Senate's time in a verbal castigation of the aged Senator Butler , of South Carolina . In return Mr. Brooks , who was a member of the House and a relative of Senator Butler , decided to give Mr. Sumner a beating . He appeared in the Senate ...
Page 395
... Senators at their homes for the purpose of persuading them to vote for impeachment . After six weeks of testimony and argument the Senate voted on May 16th . Thirty - five Republicans voted against Johnson ; twelve Democrats and seven ...
... Senators at their homes for the purpose of persuading them to vote for impeachment . After six weeks of testimony and argument the Senate voted on May 16th . Thirty - five Republicans voted against Johnson ; twelve Democrats and seven ...
Page 447
... senators about it , unofficially . The Senate stood ready to support the administration in most measures of public policy , but it was not quite ready to allow the President to name the chairmen of its committees , so nothing was done ...
... senators about it , unofficially . The Senate stood ready to support the administration in most measures of public policy , but it was not quite ready to allow the President to name the chairmen of its committees , so nothing was done ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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