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... Grant . Faced with Senate disapproval of the President's action , Grant turned the office back to Stanton . Harsh words and letters were publicly exchanged between the President and the General . From that moment General Grant , who had ...
... Grant . Faced with Senate disapproval of the President's action , Grant turned the office back to Stanton . Harsh words and letters were publicly exchanged between the President and the General . From that moment General Grant , who had ...
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... Grant himself decided to annex Santo Domingo ; but the treaty was blocked in the Senate by Sumner , who for his pains was almost totally removed from influence at Grant's insistence . Liberal Republicans . As a result of the midterm ...
... Grant himself decided to annex Santo Domingo ; but the treaty was blocked in the Senate by Sumner , who for his pains was almost totally removed from influence at Grant's insistence . Liberal Republicans . As a result of the midterm ...
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... Grant was unanimously renominated by the Republicans at their convention in Phila- delphia in June ; but on the first ballot Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts was nominated for vice - president to replace Colfax , who was also a ...
... Grant was unanimously renominated by the Republicans at their convention in Phila- delphia in June ; but on the first ballot Senator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts was nominated for vice - president to replace Colfax , who was also a ...
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PREFACE PART ITHE REPUBLICAN PARTY 1 Crisis and a New Party 73 | 7 |
1856 | 17 |
The Rise of Lincoln | 23 |
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