The People's Choice, from Washington to Harding: A Study in DemocracyThis work discusses how politics, democracy, and the presidency evolved in the United States from 1789 to 1923. |
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... Jackson's Tennessee neighbours responded to them with such love and hatred that he was soon a man of note . His ap ... Jackson was flat- chested and had a slight stoop . Throughout his life he suffered from indigestion , and from the ...
... Jackson's Tennessee neighbours responded to them with such love and hatred that he was soon a man of note . His ap ... Jackson was flat- chested and had a slight stoop . Throughout his life he suffered from indigestion , and from the ...
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... Jackson's reputation and career after the Florida episode , because he had been told that Adams countenanced the mean- spirited references to the Robarbs incident which had appeared in the anti - Jackson press . The story of the duel in ...
... Jackson's reputation and career after the Florida episode , because he had been told that Adams countenanced the mean- spirited references to the Robarbs incident which had appeared in the anti - Jackson press . The story of the duel in ...
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... Jackson by betraying Adams , refused to remove postmasters solely on political grounds , Jackson appointed him to the Supreme Court and found a Postmaster - General who was more pliable . In this question of appointments , just as in ...
... Jackson by betraying Adams , refused to remove postmasters solely on political grounds , Jackson appointed him to the Supreme Court and found a Postmaster - General who was more pliable . In this question of appointments , just as in ...
Contents
WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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