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... majority , was also deceptive . If Buchanan had lost his home state of Pennsylvania with its 27 electoral votes , the contest would have been thrown into the House of Representatives for decision . If he had lost Pennsylvania and either ...
... majority , was also deceptive . If Buchanan had lost his home state of Pennsylvania with its 27 electoral votes , the contest would have been thrown into the House of Representatives for decision . If he had lost Pennsylvania and either ...
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... majority , the House managers expected a conviction . Several senators on whom they had counted con- cluded that the proceeding properly dealt with a criminal case and that Johnson had committed no crime . The prospect of elevating the ...
... majority , the House managers expected a conviction . Several senators on whom they had counted con- cluded that the proceeding properly dealt with a criminal case and that Johnson had committed no crime . The prospect of elevating the ...
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... majority of 11 in the Senate . The election was one of the great turning points in American political history . Of the total vote cast , the Demo- cratic candidate for president polled 57.4 percent and the Re- publican 39.6 percent ...
... majority of 11 in the Senate . The election was one of the great turning points in American political history . Of the total vote cast , the Demo- cratic candidate for president polled 57.4 percent and the Re- publican 39.6 percent ...
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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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