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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... died , and the old days must have been in his mind at the end , for the last words he spoke were , ' Thomas Jefferson still survives . ' But he was wrong ; a few hours earlier on that same fourth of July , Thomas Jefferson had died at ...
... died , and the old days must have been in his mind at the end , for the last words he spoke were , ' Thomas Jefferson still survives . ' But he was wrong ; a few hours earlier on that same fourth of July , Thomas Jefferson had died at ...
Page 155
... dying man , and he made a grim , savage exposition of a dying cause . The issue , he declared , was not one on which ... died . He had united his section , but failed to force it into action at the decisive moment . The South waited ...
... dying man , and he made a grim , savage exposition of a dying cause . The issue , he declared , was not one on which ... died . He had united his section , but failed to force it into action at the decisive moment . The South waited ...
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... died suddenly ; John T. King , indicted with Miller and Daugherty in an Alien Property Custodian case , died suddenly ; C. F. Hateley , undercover agent for the Depart- ment of Justice and special emissary for Daugherty , died suddenly ...
... died suddenly ; John T. King , indicted with Miller and Daugherty in an Alien Property Custodian case , died suddenly ; C. F. Hateley , undercover agent for the Depart- ment of Justice and special emissary for Daugherty , died suddenly ...
Contents
WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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