Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 52
... Republicans . They gave freely of their fortunes , as of their time , to the country . Like Dennison , neither of them had been in Congress ; but , like him , they did not need that honor to add an inch to their stature . They were men ...
... Republicans . They gave freely of their fortunes , as of their time , to the country . Like Dennison , neither of them had been in Congress ; but , like him , they did not need that honor to add an inch to their stature . They were men ...
Page 56
... Republican , a member of the State Legislature , having subsequently declined a place on the bench in the Superior Court , he came into the gubernatorial office at the moment when he was needed , amply equipped for a long and arduous ...
... Republican , a member of the State Legislature , having subsequently declined a place on the bench in the Superior Court , he came into the gubernatorial office at the moment when he was needed , amply equipped for a long and arduous ...
Page 59
... Republican party . As if still further to mark his sympathy with the independent Anti - Le- compton Democracy , he offered the vacancy on the Supreme Bench , created by the resignation of Justice Knox , to James L. Reynolds , Esq ...
... Republican party . As if still further to mark his sympathy with the independent Anti - Le- compton Democracy , he offered the vacancy on the Supreme Bench , created by the resignation of Justice Knox , to James L. Reynolds , Esq ...
Page 62
... Republican , but remained a lawyer in Belle- fonte until Governor Pollock called him into his Cabinet in 1854 , in which capacity he was unconsciously trained for a higher vocation . In 1860 he was nominated as the Republi- can ...
... Republican , but remained a lawyer in Belle- fonte until Governor Pollock called him into his Cabinet in 1854 , in which capacity he was unconsciously trained for a higher vocation . In 1860 he was nominated as the Republi- can ...
Page 64
... Republican victors as contributors to a Republican triumph , and yet as having no just claim to a share in Republican spoils , they will , in order to make their record good , be as free and fearless in their criticism upon the ...
... Republican victors as contributors to a Republican triumph , and yet as having no just claim to a share in Republican spoils , they will , in order to make their record good , be as free and fearless in their criticism upon the ...
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