Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... wanted to be elected . In his day it was customary for a politician covertly to seek preferment within his own party and having been nominated ( perhaps after a hard fight ) to pretend to be in the field only because he could not resist ...
... wanted to be elected . In his day it was customary for a politician covertly to seek preferment within his own party and having been nominated ( perhaps after a hard fight ) to pretend to be in the field only because he could not resist ...
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... wanted to see James M. Guthrie of Kentucky nominated . Guthrie , who had been Secre- tary of the Treasury in Pierce's Cabinet , was a hard worker , a capable executive , and a successful businessman , but he was not well - known outside ...
... wanted to see James M. Guthrie of Kentucky nominated . Guthrie , who had been Secre- tary of the Treasury in Pierce's Cabinet , was a hard worker , a capable executive , and a successful businessman , but he was not well - known outside ...
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... wanted to know what was the status of these 900 individuals and what was to be done about them . Apologizing for addressing the Secretary of War directly instead of through channels and saying that he did so only because he sought an ...
... wanted to know what was the status of these 900 individuals and what was to be done about them . Apologizing for addressing the Secretary of War directly instead of through channels and saying that he did so only because he sought an ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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