HISTORY

OF

AMERICAN POLITICS.

(NON-PARTISAN )

EMBRACING A HISTORY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE COLONIES AND
UNITED STATES FROM 1607 TO THE PRESENT.

BY WALTER R. HOUGHTON, A. M..
INDIANA UNIVERSITY,

AUTHOR OF "CONSPECTUS OF THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES," "WALL-
CHART OF UNITED STATES HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND GEOGRAPHY,”
WHEELS OF STATE AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT."

ILLUSTRATED BY COLORED ENGRAVINGS.

CHICAGO:

THE CAXTON PUBLISHING CO.