Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... Congress opened its first session . The Congress would neither admit the legitimacy of the governors the President had appointed nor seat the senators and representatives the southern states had elected ; the President refused to budge ...
... Congress opened its first session . The Congress would neither admit the legitimacy of the governors the President had appointed nor seat the senators and representatives the southern states had elected ; the President refused to budge ...
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... Congress . By some peculiar logic the Radicals in the Thirty - ninth Congress ( which would sit until noon of March 4 , 1867 ) regarded the outcome of the canvass as a vote of confi- dence in them . In the belief that they were carrying ...
... Congress . By some peculiar logic the Radicals in the Thirty - ninth Congress ( which would sit until noon of March 4 , 1867 ) regarded the outcome of the canvass as a vote of confi- dence in them . In the belief that they were carrying ...
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... Congress should meet immediately after its predecessor adjourned sine die . On the third day of the Fortieth Congress , Ashley presented a resolution authorizing and instructing the new Judiciary Com- mittee to continue the inquiry ...
... Congress should meet immediately after its predecessor adjourned sine die . On the third day of the Fortieth Congress , Ashley presented a resolution authorizing and instructing the new Judiciary Com- mittee to continue the inquiry ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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