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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... Senate of Massachusetts , and shortly afterward was sent to Washington as United States Sen- ator . At once he began to put into practice his theory that the statesman should follow only the dictates of his mind and con- science . To ...
... Senate of Massachusetts , and shortly afterward was sent to Washington as United States Sen- ator . At once he began to put into practice his theory that the statesman should follow only the dictates of his mind and con- science . To ...
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... Senate . Congress , at the instigation of Representative Wilmot , from Pennsylvania , had tried to prohibit slavery forever from this new land . The Southern Senators blocked the attempt , and the Northern Senators blocked every effort ...
... Senate . Congress , at the instigation of Representative Wilmot , from Pennsylvania , had tried to prohibit slavery forever from this new land . The Southern Senators blocked the attempt , and the Northern Senators blocked every effort ...
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... Senate , and at about the same time he met Harry Daugherty the man who was to make him President and then to ruin ... Senate . In the Senate , Harding was ' regular ' and safe . He never said or did anything that attracted attention ...
... Senate , and at about the same time he met Harry Daugherty the man who was to make him President and then to ruin ... Senate . In the Senate , Harding was ' regular ' and safe . He never said or did anything that attracted attention ...
Contents
WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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