Meet General GrantAmerikansk historie, USA's historie, amerikansk biografi om General Ulysses S. Grant, 1822-1889, som først havde en militær karriere, bl.a. i Mexican War, og blev en berømt general i Nordstatshæren, Union Army, under den Amerikanske Borgerkrig, 1861-1865, og senere endte som amerikansk president. Beskriver hans liv, levnedsløb og militære og politiske karriere. Udkom i 1928. |
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Page 164
... vote in the eleven slave states that seceded . His record in that region is a blank ; if any citizen voted for him the vote was not counted . § 5 Grant did not vote at the election of 1860 ; he had not lived in Galena long enough to ...
... vote in the eleven slave states that seceded . His record in that region is a blank ; if any citizen voted for him the vote was not counted . § 5 Grant did not vote at the election of 1860 ; he had not lived in Galena long enough to ...
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... 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 would have got an actual majority if the full force of the administration's politi- cal machinery had not ...
... 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 would have got an actual majority if the full force of the administration's politi- cal machinery had not ...
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... voted on May 16th . Thirty - five Republicans voted against Johnson ; twelve Democrats and seven Republicans voted for him . An impeachment can be carried only by a two - thirds vote , so John- son won . His margin was narrow ; one vote.
... voted on May 16th . Thirty - five Republicans voted against Johnson ; twelve Democrats and seven Republicans voted for him . An impeachment can be carried only by a two - thirds vote , so John- son won . His margin was narrow ; one vote.
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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