The Politicos, 1865-1896Harcourt, Brace, 1938 - 760 pages A lively history of the parties and the great party leaders who dominated American politics during the turbulent years of the "Robber Barons." |
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Page 79
... Grant's inestimable military services to the North , whose Government had once searched frantically for an army leader . A " butcher " in war , Grant never retreated ; he won . He had advantages of fame at the start of his term not ...
... Grant's inestimable military services to the North , whose Government had once searched frantically for an army leader . A " butcher " in war , Grant never retreated ; he won . He had advantages of fame at the start of his term not ...
Page 200
... Grant , his brother - in - law , Fred Dent , the Republican National Committeemen of 1872 , and Ulysses Grant himself ! The old palace guard of the " court party , " relatives of the Grant family , the Kitchen Cabinet , all combined to ...
... Grant , his brother - in - law , Fred Dent , the Republican National Committeemen of 1872 , and Ulysses Grant himself ! The old palace guard of the " court party , " relatives of the Grant family , the Kitchen Cabinet , all combined to ...
Page 278
... Grant by his enemies , was apprehensive , both as to his own candidacy and as to the chances of his party that season . Yet the very menace of the Grant - Conkling movement brought frantic appeals from Moderate Republicans that he enter ...
... Grant by his enemies , was apprehensive , both as to his own candidacy and as to the chances of his party that season . Yet the very menace of the Grant - Conkling movement brought frantic appeals from Moderate Republicans that he enter ...
Contents
18651868 | 3 |
The Spoilsmen | 61 |
The Spoilsmen in Power | 100 |
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action Administration Altgeld American bankers banks Ben Butler bill Blaine Blaine's bosses Bryan Cabinet campaign candidate capitalists Carl Schurz Chandler Chicago civil-service reform Cleveland coinage committee Congress Conkling Conkling's convention delegates Demo Democratic Party election electoral favor Federal followed former Free Silver friends Garfield gold Governor Grant Harrison Hayes Henry Indiana industrial interests issue Jay Cooke John John Sherman labor Lamont leaders legislation letter Levi Morton machine Mark Hanna masses McKinley ment Morton nomination Ohio Oliver Morton Olney once Pacific party Organization party's patronage Platt political politicians Populist President presidential professional protective Radical railroad railway Republican National Committee Republican Party Roscoe Conkling Samuel Tilden Schurz secret Secretary Senator Sherman silver Sound Money South spoilsmen Stalwart Sumner tariff Tilden tion Treasury Union victory vote Washington West Western White House Whitelaw Reid Whitney William workers wrote York