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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... refused .... Washington's concern over the issue is shown by the following facts : a Captain Dag- worthy , who had held a royal commission under Braddock , was now , with a Maryland commission , in command of thirty men at Fort ...
... refused .... Washington's concern over the issue is shown by the following facts : a Captain Dag- worthy , who had held a royal commission under Braddock , was now , with a Maryland commission , in command of thirty men at Fort ...
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... refused to do this , so he was promoted to the State Department . The new Secretary of the Treasury also refused , so he was dismissed , and a man was found who was docile enough to do what the enraged General de- manded . The people of ...
... refused to do this , so he was promoted to the State Department . The new Secretary of the Treasury also refused , so he was dismissed , and a man was found who was docile enough to do what the enraged General de- manded . The people of ...
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... refused to sell , the United States would have every right to seize the island . Puerile as the performance was from the point of view of diplomacy , it had a gratifying effect on Buchanan's career . For the annexation of Cuba had long ...
... refused to sell , the United States would have every right to seize the island . Puerile as the performance was from the point of view of diplomacy , it had a gratifying effect on Buchanan's career . For the annexation of Cuba had long ...
Contents
WASHINGTON | 3 |
JOHN ADAMS AND JEFFERSON | 32 |
MADISON MONROE AND JOHN QUINCY ADAMS | 72 |
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