Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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... Republican governor of Georgia . In 1855 Governor Cobb was again sent to Congress , and there took early and patriotic ground against the extremists . He was so anxious to make Mr. Buchanan President , that in 1856 , on my invitation ...
... Republican governor of Georgia . In 1855 Governor Cobb was again sent to Congress , and there took early and patriotic ground against the extremists . He was so anxious to make Mr. Buchanan President , that in 1856 , on my invitation ...
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... Republican column , while veteran Democrats like Hamlin of Maine , Trumbull of Illinois , Wilmot of Pennsylvania ... Republicans when they saw the treatment that Reeder and Douglas , and their compatriots , had received ; but the oddest ...
... Republican column , while veteran Democrats like Hamlin of Maine , Trumbull of Illinois , Wilmot of Pennsylvania ... Republicans when they saw the treatment that Reeder and Douglas , and their compatriots , had received ; but the oddest ...
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... Republican party . As I study men like Mr. Reed , and notice that Hon . Isaac E. Hiester , the Whig son of a Federal father , in the county of Lancaster , Pennsylvania — both having served that great district in the Congress of the ...
... Republican party . As I study men like Mr. Reed , and notice that Hon . Isaac E. Hiester , the Whig son of a Federal father , in the county of Lancaster , Pennsylvania — both having served that great district in the Congress of the ...
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... . As she left the White House she exclaimed to her escort , " Your republican President is the royal model of a gentleman . " [ April 9 , 1871. ] XIV . SHORTLY after the return of Henry E. Muhlenberg ANDREW JACKSON. ...
... . As she left the White House she exclaimed to her escort , " Your republican President is the royal model of a gentleman . " [ April 9 , 1871. ] XIV . SHORTLY after the return of Henry E. Muhlenberg ANDREW JACKSON. ...
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... , and resigned be- cause if he voted with the men who elected him he would dis- honor himself , and if he voted against them he would betray them - the Republican who dines at the Democratic Manhattan DINNER-TABLE WITS. ...
... , and resigned be- cause if he voted with the men who elected him he would dis- honor himself , and if he voted against them he would betray them - the Republican who dines at the Democratic Manhattan DINNER-TABLE WITS. ...
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