The Politicos, 1865-1896Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1938 - 760 pages A 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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Page 286
... nomination for the Vice - Presidency of Chester A. Arthur of New York , Conkling's first lieutenant and handy man . Conkling , invited under the system of compromise which governed the convention to name his man for this office , had ...
... nomination for the Vice - Presidency of Chester A. Arthur of New York , Conkling's first lieutenant and handy man . Conkling , invited under the system of compromise which governed the convention to name his man for this office , had ...
Page 419
... nomination . Yet certain unseemly incidents pointed to rifts in the fraternal harmony simulated at the convention . Cleveland's coolness to the up - to - date Democratic machine boss who was Governor of New York had been returned in the ...
... nomination . Yet certain unseemly incidents pointed to rifts in the fraternal harmony simulated at the convention . Cleveland's coolness to the up - to - date Democratic machine boss who was Governor of New York had been returned in the ...
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... nomination and election of McKinley , and asserting further that McKinley was not a Silverite , but would defend the gold standard . Here were certainties which , at the moment , owing to Mr. Hanna's superior cunning , but few of the ...
... nomination and election of McKinley , and asserting further that McKinley was not a Silverite , but would defend the gold standard . Here were certainties which , at the moment , owing to Mr. Hanna's superior cunning , but few of the ...
Contents
18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
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