The Politicos, 1865-1896A lively history of the parties and the great party oeaders who dominated American politics during the turbulent eyrs of the "Robber Barons." |
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For years the squat figure of Indiana's wartime Governor , now floor leader of the Senate , with the large , pale head and burning eyes of an invalid , his long black hair and imperial , his fierce uptilted nose dilating easily with ...
For years the squat figure of Indiana's wartime Governor , now floor leader of the Senate , with the large , pale head and burning eyes of an invalid , his long black hair and imperial , his fierce uptilted nose dilating easily with ...
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Following William Chandler , Department of Justice detectives went to Tallahassee , Florida ; then , by November 9 , 1876 , came Thomas Brady , the Second Assistant Postmaster General ( and head of a newly formed plunder ring ) , with a ...
Following William Chandler , Department of Justice detectives went to Tallahassee , Florida ; then , by November 9 , 1876 , came Thomas Brady , the Second Assistant Postmaster General ( and head of a newly formed plunder ring ) , with a ...
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Nast caricatured Weaver as Bottom , with an ass's head , crying eternally and uselessly : " I object ! " The theme of green or silver floods of money sank low again for years . The gaunt , ascetic face of General Weaver , the " lost ...
Nast caricatured Weaver as Bottom , with an ass's head , crying eternally and uselessly : " I object ! " The theme of green or silver floods of money sank low again for years . The gaunt , ascetic face of General Weaver , the " lost ...
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Contents
18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
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| Title | The Politicos, 1865-1896 Harvest book |
| Author | Matthew Josephson |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 10 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 760 pages |
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