Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesFull-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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Chapter Seven DEATH OF A PRESIDENT When Dawes swung the Illinois delegation to Garrett A. Hobart in 1896 , it had given Mark Hanna everything he wanted : Presidential nomination , Vice - Presidential nomination , and platform .
Chapter Seven DEATH OF A PRESIDENT When Dawes swung the Illinois delegation to Garrett A. Hobart in 1896 , it had given Mark Hanna everything he wanted : Presidential nomination , Vice - Presidential nomination , and platform .
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He announced , at a news conference , that Long would be nominated . ... if Roosevelt were nominated by Quay and Platt , ' he would refuse to be chairman of the National Committee . ... The convention must make the nomination .
He announced , at a news conference , that Long would be nominated . ... if Roosevelt were nominated by Quay and Platt , ' he would refuse to be chairman of the National Committee . ... The convention must make the nomination .
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After the fourth ballot for the Republican nomination for President , Leonard Wood was leading Lowden by a narrow margin . Harding had received only 61 % votes . Seventeen candidates in all had received votes for the Presidential ...
After the fourth ballot for the Republican nomination for President , Leonard Wood was leading Lowden by a narrow margin . Harding had received only 61 % votes . Seventeen candidates in all had received votes for the Presidential ...
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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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