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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The pious Rutherford Hayes was convinced by John Sherman , a fanatical partisan , that only white " bulldozing " had deprived him of a clear majority in the first place . His own supporters had completely outmaneuvered the enemy in the ...
The pious Rutherford Hayes was convinced by John Sherman , a fanatical partisan , that only white " bulldozing " had deprived him of a clear majority in the first place . His own supporters had completely outmaneuvered the enemy in the ...
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The position of his small phalanx of Northern Greenbackers in the Forty - sixth Congress between an overwhelming Democratic majority and an equally hostile Republican minority was an unhappy one , which no leadership could have rendered ...
The position of his small phalanx of Northern Greenbackers in the Forty - sixth Congress between an overwhelming Democratic majority and an equally hostile Republican minority was an unhappy one , which no leadership could have rendered ...
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Where the Democratic majority measure in the House had sought reductions , the significant changes were nearly all increases ; where the majority party had searched for augmented revenues by encouraging imports through lowered duties ...
Where the Democratic majority measure in the House had sought reductions , the significant changes were nearly all increases ; where the majority party had searched for augmented revenues by encouraging imports through lowered duties ...
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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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