Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesFull-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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Except for Ohio , McKinley thought the bosses would be in control of all the states with big convention delegations , unless Illinois could be wrested from them . A spectacular victory in such a pivotal Northern state as Illinois ...
Except for Ohio , McKinley thought the bosses would be in control of all the states with big convention delegations , unless Illinois could be wrested from them . A spectacular victory in such a pivotal Northern state as Illinois ...
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All agreed that a victory in Illinois was , more than ever , a vital necessity . Hanna still thought an agreement might be made with the Illinois machine . With this , Dawes disagreed in toto . He was certain the Illinois machine would ...
All agreed that a victory in Illinois was , more than ever , a vital necessity . Hanna still thought an agreement might be made with the Illinois machine . With this , Dawes disagreed in toto . He was certain the Illinois machine would ...
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While Dawes ' long - standing battle for currency legislation had thus finally been successful , the outlook for his efforts to bring about clean party politics in Illinois had to grow much worse before it grew better .
While Dawes ' long - standing battle for currency legislation had thus finally been successful , the outlook for his efforts to bring about clean party politics in Illinois had to grow much worse before it grew better .
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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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