William Almon Wheeler : political star of the north country /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hallas, Herbert C., 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2013.
Colección:Excelsior editions.
Temas:
Wheeler, William A. > (William Almon), > 1819-1887.
Wheeler, William A. > (William Almon), > 1819-1887
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House
1775-1950
Vice-presidents > United States > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Legislators
Politics and government
Vice-presidents
United States > Politics and government > 1877-1881.
United States > Politics and government > 1869-1877.
New York (State) > Politics and government > 1865-1950.
New York (State) > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
Malone (N.Y.) > Biography.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1877-1881.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1869-1877.
New York (État) > Politique et gouvernement > 1865-1950.
New York (État) > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1865.
New York (State)
New York (State) > Malone
United States
collective biographies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tragedy in Malone
  • The making of a "cultivated" man
  • Love and the new district attorney
  • "Here lies an honest man"
  • "Old hunkerism" is dead
  • A "mere act of justice"
  • "Grinding" it out in Albany
  • A pen "dipped in gall"
  • An early morning knock on the door
  • Suddenly, a "junior partner"
  • A sporting gentleman gets the itch
  • "True to our trust, true to ourselves, and true to the truth"
  • "Ho! For California"
  • Spreading "law, order, population, industry and wealth"
  • "Common justice" for the south
  • Returning the salary grab
  • No "unproductive and useless park"
  • An "earnest champion of the right"
  • The "New York Lincoln"
  • "God's hand is in this work"
  • "Hayes the true and Wheeler, too!"
  • "As righteous as an edict of God"
  • "A wild and joyous time"
  • The frozen snake and the "greatest of humbugs"
  • "The machine always slaughters its new converts"
  • Delivering a "paroxysm of partisan fury"
  • U.S. Senate election round one: the double-cross
  • U.S. Senate election round two: caught in a crossfire
  • "Distressing malady of my bladder"
  • Negotiating "simple justice"
  • Epilogue: from "sterling gold" to neurotic timidity.

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