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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... lived until 1818 ; John Adams until July 4 , 1826. He was ninety - one when he 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 ...
... lived until 1818 ; John Adams until July 4 , 1826. He was ninety - one when he 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 ...
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... lived in the upper Mississippi Valley could never permit the mouth of that river to be held by a foreign power . When Calhoun made his reply he was a dying man , and he made a grim , savage exposition of a dying cause . The issue , he ...
... lived in the upper Mississippi Valley could never permit the mouth of that river to be held by a foreign power . When Calhoun made his reply he was a dying man , and he made a grim , savage exposition of a dying cause . The issue , he ...
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... lived quietly in Washington . He was a very sick man . On Armistice Day , 1923 , he made a brief speech from the balcony of his house . This was his last public appearance . He died the following February . Wilson had outlived President ...
... lived quietly in Washington . He was a very sick man . On Armistice Day , 1923 , he made a brief speech from the balcony of his house . This was his last public appearance . He died the following February . Wilson had outlived President ...
Contents
WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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