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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... Bill to give Jackson all the authority for which he asked , it simultaneously passed a compromise tariff bill , providing for a progressive diminution of the rates over a period of nine years . It was a triumph for the new leader of the ...
... Bill to give Jackson all the authority for which he asked , it simultaneously passed a compromise tariff bill , providing for a progressive diminution of the rates over a period of nine years . It was a triumph for the new leader of the ...
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... bill creating a new Bank of the United States , Tyler vetoed the bill on the ground that the Constitution gave the Government no power to create such a corporation within a State unless the consent of the State had been obtained before ...
... bill creating a new Bank of the United States , Tyler vetoed the bill on the ground that the Constitution gave the Government no power to create such a corporation within a State unless the consent of the State had been obtained before ...
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... Bill , vetoed by Arthur , 241 Civil Service , Hayes seeks to reform it , 236 , 237 ; Arthur backs the movement for ... bill , 225 , 226 ; the problem in politics , 232 ; inflation during the Civil War and subsequent deflation , 233 ...
... Bill , vetoed by Arthur , 241 Civil Service , Hayes seeks to reform it , 236 , 237 ; Arthur backs the movement for ... bill , 225 , 226 ; the problem in politics , 232 ; inflation during the Civil War and subsequent deflation , 233 ...
Contents
WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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