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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... popular familiarities , he never showed himself in crowds . During the last thirty years of his life he was not seen in a Northern city , even during his Presidency ; nor indeed was he seen at all except on horseback , or by his friends ...
... popular familiarities , he never showed himself in crowds . During the last thirty years of his life he was not seen in a Northern city , even during his Presidency ; nor indeed was he seen at all except on horseback , or by his friends ...
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... popular levee . Uncommonly hospitable even for a Virginian , ' he entertained relatives , friends , acquaintances , and mere travellers , on a magnificent scale . Often he had fifty people staying at his house . Captain Bacon , the ...
... popular levee . Uncommonly hospitable even for a Virginian , ' he entertained relatives , friends , acquaintances , and mere travellers , on a magnificent scale . Often he had fifty people staying at his house . Captain Bacon , the ...
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... popularity , and his skill in using the press , made it easy for him to arouse the pub- lic against obstructionist tactics in Congress . It was only when he came to the third , and the most popular , item on his programme , to his ...
... popularity , and his skill in using the press , made it easy for him to arouse the pub- lic against obstructionist tactics in Congress . It was only when he came to the third , and the most popular , item on his programme , to his ...
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WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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