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There was , indeed , no choice expressed by the popular vote , though the Republicans carried enough states of large population such as New York , Pennsylvania and Ohiomto give Lincoln one hundred and eighty electoral votes against ...
There was , indeed , no choice expressed by the popular vote , though the Republicans carried enough states of large population such as New York , Pennsylvania and Ohiomto give Lincoln one hundred and eighty electoral votes against ...
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The Brittle McClellan 311 McClellan was nominated by the Democrats on a platform which meant that every vote for him was a vote against the McClellan received 1,800,000 votes against Lincoln's 2,200,000 , and it seems probable that he ...
The Brittle McClellan 311 McClellan was nominated by the Democrats on a platform which meant that every vote for him was a vote against the McClellan received 1,800,000 votes against Lincoln's 2,200,000 , and it seems probable that he ...
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He wanted to see Johnson convicted , and he went to the trouble of calling on various 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 ...
He wanted to see Johnson convicted , and he went to the trouble of calling on various 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 ...
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CHAPTER | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
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