Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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Page 53
... organization of the House of Repre- sentatives he was the choice of the Whigs for Speaker , and received a vote but slightly less than that of his Democratic competitor . He again served on the Finance Committee , which had vexations ...
... organization of the House of Repre- sentatives he was the choice of the Whigs for Speaker , and received a vote but slightly less than that of his Democratic competitor . He again served on the Finance Committee , which had vexations ...
Page 54
... organization - origi- nated and lobbied for by Douglas , and alleged to have a partisan object was passed by the Legislature , Lincoln , Baker , and thirty - three other Whig members filing their protest against it . Dan Stone and the ...
... organization - origi- nated and lobbied for by Douglas , and alleged to have a partisan object was passed by the Legislature , Lincoln , Baker , and thirty - three other Whig members filing their protest against it . Dan Stone and the ...
Page 59
... organized under the " Douglas bill . " The contractor who employed them was an ardent Democrat , and on election day it came to the ears of Lincoln that he had marched up his battalion of voters and taken possession of one of the ...
... organized under the " Douglas bill . " The contractor who employed them was an ardent Democrat , and on election day it came to the ears of Lincoln that he had marched up his battalion of voters and taken possession of one of the ...
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... organization in the State with a strong hand , and exercised the leadership with shrewdness and energy , like Van Buren in New York - managing always to make party success subservient to his own advancement . President Polk found the ...
... organization in the State with a strong hand , and exercised the leadership with shrewdness and energy , like Van Buren in New York - managing always to make party success subservient to his own advancement . President Polk found the ...
Page 85
... organized the Government , and whose names have scarcely less luster than theirs . These honored seniors had given character to the politi- cal era which , though perhaps unconsciously to them all , was now about to close . Of the new ...
... organized the Government , and whose names have scarcely less luster than theirs . These honored seniors had given character to the politi- cal era which , though perhaps unconsciously to them all , was now about to close . Of the new ...
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