The Price of UnionHoughton Mifflin, 1950 - 750 pages Explores the origins and development of American political institutions. Contains a copy of the constitution, notes, bibliography, and index. |
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Page 63
... administration would practically consist of the President and the Senate acting in conjunction . If the President had found in the Senate a congenial body of advisers , so that treaties and appointments to office would have been made in ...
... administration would practically consist of the President and the Senate acting in conjunction . If the President had found in the Senate a congenial body of advisers , so that treaties and appointments to office would have been made in ...
Page 123
... administration , which had given cohesion to the Federalists . Journalists and politicians might talk about the " con- stitutional duty " of returning control over policy to the House ; but when Jefferson surveyed the House he did not ...
... administration , which had given cohesion to the Federalists . Journalists and politicians might talk about the " con- stitutional duty " of returning control over policy to the House ; but when Jefferson surveyed the House he did not ...
Page 239
... Administration in the mid - term elections of 1826. For the first time in American history the House of Representatives had a strong majority against the President and his policies . There followed a futility which was shocking , even ...
... Administration in the mid - term elections of 1826. For the first time in American history the House of Representatives had a strong majority against the President and his policies . There followed a futility which was shocking , even ...
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Claims of the States to Western Lands 17831802 | 35 |
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