Two against Lincoln : Reverdy Johnson and Horatio Seymour : champions of the loyal opposition /

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The book is an account of two influential opponents of Lincoln and the Republicans during the Civil War era, Revardy Johnson, conservative Unionist senator of Maryland, and Horatio Seymour, Democrat governor of New York during the Civil War and presidential candidate in 1868.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Harris, William C. (William Charles), 1933- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2017.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Adversaries.
Seymour, Horatio, > 1810-1886.
Johnson, Reverdy, > 1796-1876.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Democratic Party (U.S.) > Biography.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
1861-1865
Politicians > United States > Biography.
Unionists (United States Civil War) > Biography.
Politiciens > États-Unis > Biographies.
Unionistes (Guerre de Sécession américaine) > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Enemies.
Politicians.
Politics and government.
Unionists (United States Civil War)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Political aspects.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect politique.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1861-1865.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Reverdy Johnson: conservative unionist
  • Defender of the republic and the Constitution
  • Johnson and Lincoln: a fragile collaboration
  • Civil War senator and Lincoln nemesis
  • After the war: Republican adversary
  • Part II. Horatio Seymour: Democratic leader
  • Seymour and Lincoln: the early sparring
  • A thorn in Lincoln's side, 1863
  • Democratic champion, 1864
  • Reconstruction dissident and presidential candidate
  • Conclusions.

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