Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesFull-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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Chapter Four MC KINLEY FOR PRESIDENT Never did a young man of thirty look forward with deeper personal interest than did Dawes to the Republican and Democratic national gatherings in 1896 . He had become convinced , in April of that ...
Chapter Four MC KINLEY FOR PRESIDENT Never did a young man of thirty look forward with deeper personal interest than did Dawes to the Republican and Democratic national gatherings in 1896 . He had become convinced , in April of that ...
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Edward Dunne , an able Democrat , moved into the State House at Springfield . The legislature was so closely divided between Republicans and Democrats that for a time it appeared Illinois would have no United States Senator .
Edward Dunne , an able Democrat , moved into the State House at Springfield . The legislature was so closely divided between Republicans and Democrats that for a time it appeared Illinois would have no United States Senator .
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Republican Senators sharply criticized Dawes , Democrats ridiculed him . ... and the other three times when , just as unsuccessfully , he had backed Democratic candidates , Dawes had this to say : “ I have been listening to speeches ...
Republican Senators sharply criticized Dawes , Democrats ridiculed him . ... and the other three times when , just as unsuccessfully , he had backed Democratic candidates , Dawes had this to say : “ I have been listening to speeches ...
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| Title | Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes, Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Author | Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Publisher | Holt, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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