FOUR

AMERICAN PARTY

LEADERS

POLITICAL PARTIES AND

PRACTICAL POLITICS SERIES

THE AMERICAN PARTY SYSTEM
By Charles E. Merriam

NATIONAL PARTY PLATFORMS
By Kirk H. Porter

PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

By Louise Overacker

FOUR AMERICAN PARTY LEADERS

By Charles E. Merriam

LEADERS

HENRY WARD BEECHER FOUNDATION LECTURES
DELIVERED AT AMHERST COLLEGE

BY

CHARLES EDWARD MERRIAM

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

CALIFORNIA

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1926

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