Our Presidents and how We Make ThemHarper & bros., 1902 - 481 pages |
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... Clay , and that convention , while highly complimenting Clay , declared that General Harrison was the most available of all the candidates named for President . Governor Barbour , of Virginia , presided over the national convention ...
... Clay , and that convention , while highly complimenting Clay , declared that General Harrison was the most available of all the candidates named for President . Governor Barbour , of Virginia , presided over the national convention ...
Page 90
... Clay's election . Pennsylvania lost in October could not be regained in November , but the Whigs did not in any measure relax their efforts , and Polk carried the State over Clay by 6332 . When Pennsylvania faltered the greatly impaired ...
... Clay's election . Pennsylvania lost in October could not be regained in November , but the Whigs did not in any measure relax their efforts , and Polk carried the State over Clay by 6332 . When Pennsylvania faltered the greatly impaired ...
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... Clay defeated . Clay had defeated him for President in the House in 1825 , and Jackson never forgot a friend and rarely forgave an enemy . It was many days after the elec- tion before the vote of Tennessee could be ascertained , and it ...
... Clay defeated . Clay had defeated him for President in the House in 1825 , and Jackson never forgot a friend and rarely forgave an enemy . It was many days after the elec- tion before the vote of Tennessee could be ascertained , and it ...
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THE ADAMSJEFFERSON CONTEST 1796 | 1 |
JOHN ADAMS | 2 |
THE ADAMSJEFFERSON CONTEST 1796 | 7 |
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