Building for the Centuries: Illinois, 1865 to 1898 |
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... election in 1876 , and the nod went to David Davis by a margin of one vote on the fortieth ballot . The next two years Logan spent building a political machine , and when Richard Oglesby's seat came up for election his forces swept his ...
... election in 1876 , and the nod went to David Davis by a margin of one vote on the fortieth ballot . The next two years Logan spent building a political machine , and when Richard Oglesby's seat came up for election his forces swept his ...
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... election scandal . Balloting in the nineteenth - century elections was a very individual thing . Each party printed its own tickets , which were then distributed in the hopes that voters would choose to deposit them at the polling ...
... election scandal . Balloting in the nineteenth - century elections was a very individual thing . Each party printed its own tickets , which were then distributed in the hopes that voters would choose to deposit them at the polling ...
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... election was called for May 6. It was to become a famous Illinois election coup : A few days before the senatorial election , pursuant to the plan ar- ranged in Springfield , trusted emissaries were sent through the thirty - fourth ...
... election was called for May 6. It was to become a famous Illinois election coup : A few days before the senatorial election , pursuant to the plan ar- ranged in Springfield , trusted emissaries were sent through the thirty - fourth ...
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Of People and Places | 1 |
Structure of Governmental Power | 35 |
Of Men and Machines | 72 |
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