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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SAMUEL TILDEN THE electoral results of 1872 , which were much more decisive than four years earlier , showed that to most Northern people Grant had made so far " a safe sort of President " -as the Republican orators commonly described ...
SAMUEL TILDEN THE electoral results of 1872 , which were much more decisive than four years earlier , showed that to most Northern people Grant had made so far " a safe sort of President " -as the Republican orators commonly described ...
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Yet the American people as a whole showed a moderation in action , a reverence for law , which , as Walter Bagehot commented at the time , offered singular contrast to the statesmen's violence of speech . What has not been commented ...
Yet the American people as a whole showed a moderation in action , a reverence for law , which , as Walter Bagehot commented at the time , offered singular contrast to the statesmen's violence of speech . What has not been commented ...
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The forthright and combative spirit in which he called for a reduction of unsound taxation upon imports showed all the stubborn " character " in him when he was aroused and had blood in his eye . Despite its labored prose locutions and ...
The forthright and combative spirit in which he called for a reduction of unsound taxation upon imports showed all the stubborn " character " in him when he was aroused and had blood in his eye . Despite its labored prose locutions and ...
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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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