Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... passed by the House on a Friday . Since the legislature did not meet on Saturdays the measure had to wait until Monday for consideration by the Senate . He never doubted that if the bill had gone to the Senate earlier in the week it ...
... passed by the House on a Friday . Since the legislature did not meet on Saturdays the measure had to wait until Monday for consideration by the Senate . He never doubted that if the bill had gone to the Senate earlier in the week it ...
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... passed it , the President's objections notwithstanding . Secretary of War Stanton was at this time , as he had long been , strongly in sympathy with the Radicals . Eventually his be- havior became such that Johnson was no longer willing ...
... passed it , the President's objections notwithstanding . Secretary of War Stanton was at this time , as he had long been , strongly in sympathy with the Radicals . Eventually his be- havior became such that Johnson was no longer willing ...
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... passed without debate . As eager as the Radicals were to impeach Johnson they were even more eager to talk to the galleries , and , through the Con- gressional Globe and the newspapers , to their constituents about the President's ...
... passed without debate . As eager as the Radicals were to impeach Johnson they were even more eager to talk to the galleries , and , through the Con- gressional Globe and the newspapers , to their constituents about the President's ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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