Our Presidents: Brief Biographies of Our Chief MagistratesMacmillan, 1926 - 348 pages |
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Page viii
... cabinet was answerable to the House of Commons at its every sitting . Without waiting for Congress at the outbreak of the Civil War , Abraham Lincoln decided by himself one sleepless night whether the Union should be defended or ...
... cabinet was answerable to the House of Commons at its every sitting . Without waiting for Congress at the outbreak of the Civil War , Abraham Lincoln decided by himself one sleepless night whether the Union should be defended or ...
Page 10
... Cabinet quarreled until Jefferson , his Secretary of State , resigned , and his next Secretary , Edmund Randolph , basely betrayed him . His Vice- President , John Adams , called him " an old mutton head , " who had " not been found out ...
... Cabinet quarreled until Jefferson , his Secretary of State , resigned , and his next Secretary , Edmund Randolph , basely betrayed him . His Vice- President , John Adams , called him " an old mutton head , " who had " not been found out ...
Page 11
... Cabinet that he would rather be in his grave than in the Presidency . Notwithstanding all the outbursts of partisanship , he retained the confidence of the country to the last , when the people at the inauguration of his successor ...
... Cabinet that he would rather be in his grave than in the Presidency . Notwithstanding all the outbursts of partisanship , he retained the confidence of the country to the last , when the people at the inauguration of his successor ...
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... Cabinet , which really had passed under the control of Hamilton , who presumed to direct the new administration . As Adams never had succeeded in ruling himself it was impossible for another to rule him . Like aristocracies everywhere ...
... Cabinet , which really had passed under the control of Hamilton , who presumed to direct the new administration . As Adams never had succeeded in ruling himself it was impossible for another to rule him . Like aristocracies everywhere ...
Page 25
... face to face across the cabinet table with Alexander Hamilton , the Secretary of the Treasury . By nature and training the two were as opposite in their political opinions as in their chairs , and they THOMAS JEFFERSON 25.
... face to face across the cabinet table with Alexander Hamilton , the Secretary of the Treasury . By nature and training the two were as opposite in their political opinions as in their chairs , and they THOMAS JEFFERSON 25.
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