Life and public services of Hon. James G. Blaine: the brilliant orator and sagacious statesman. The bosom friend of the lamented Garfield, and now the choice of the nation for president of the United States (Google eBook)

Henry J. Ramsdell

Hubbard Brothers, 1884 - Presidents - 678 pages

Contents

• POLITICAL AND OFFICIAL CAREER: 40
• CHAPTER III: 51
• Keen HumorQuaint AnecdoteGeneral LiteratureModem Oratory: 65
• WARMHEARTED AND BELOVED: 66
• Washington and Jefferson College 33: 68
• CHAPTER V: 77
• Accustomed to WorkSympathy with WorkersFavoring American: 86
• CHAPTER VII: 97
• CHAPTER VIII: 103
• CHAPTER IX: 116
• CHAPTER X: 145
• Mr Blaine at Garfields Assassination: 151
• MR BLAINES HOMES: 173
• CHAPTER XII: 182
• CHAPTER XIII: 188
• CHAPTER XIV: 201
• CHAPTER XV: 211
• ScotchIrish AncestryFriendly Sons of St PatrickBlaines Letter to: 220
• CHAPTER XVII: 228
• CHAPTER XVIII: 234
• Commanders of Navy 656: 244
• CHAPTER XX: 248
• Speakers of Congress 657: 253
• CHAPTER XXII: 255
• AN AFTERDINNER SPEECH: 263
• CHAPTER XXIV: 269
• MR BLAINES ASSOCIATE: 277
• The Convention: 285
• Personelle of the Convention: 295
• The Platform: 322
• President Chester A Arthur: 329
• Naming the Candidates: 332
• Senator John Sherman: 337
• The Choice: 344
• Congratulations and Rejoicings: 353
• Notifying the Candidates: 367
• Letters of Acceptance: 377
• George Washington: 385
• Mount Vernon The Home of Washington: 397
• John Adams: 399
• Thomas Jefferson: 405
• James Madison: 415
• James Monroe: 418
• John Quincy Adams: 422
• Andrew Jackson: 426
• Martin Van Buren: 433
• William Henry Harrison: 436
• John Tyler: 440
• James Knox Polk: 444
• Zachary Taylor: 448
• The White House Washington D C: 449
• Millard Fillmore: 455
• Franklin Pierce: 458
• James Buchanan: 462
• Abraham Lincoln: 467
• Lincolns Birthplace Elizabethtown Kv: 477
• Andrew Johnston: 479
• Ulysses Simpson Grant: 485
• Rutherford Birchard Hayes: 494
• James Abram Garfield: 498
• Portraits of Garfields Cabinet: 509
• Chester Allan Arthur: 530
• LIFE OF SENATOR JOHN A LOGAN CHAPTER I: 537
• CHAPTER II: 542
• Representative in CongressWashington 549554: 549
• CHAPTER IV: 555
• On to Richmond: 557
• The ColonelBelmontFort HenryFort Donelson 563569: 563
• BrigadierGeneralCorinthJacksonThe Patriot 570575: 570
• CHAPTER VII: 576
• Battlefield near Jackson Miss: 579
• CHAPTER VIII: 583
• CHAPTER IX: 591
• Civil LifeThe Representative in Congress 597602: 597
• The LegislatorThe Manager of Impeachment 603608: 603
• CHAPTER XII: 609
• The SenatorThe Soldiers Friend 616621: 619
• CHAPTER XV: 627
• BirdEye View of Presidential Contest: 635
• Tables of Presidential Elections: 643
• Vice Presidents: 649
• Commanders of Army: 655
• Congressional Representation of States: 657
• Supreme Court Justices: 659
• Homes of Chief Officers: 660
• Our Representatives Abroad: 661
• Representatives from Abroad: 662
• Pay of Navy Officers: 663
• Pay of Army Officers: 664
• Balance of Trade: 665
• Revenues: 666
• National Debt: 667
• Political Divisions of Congress: 668
• Constitution of the United States: 669

Bibliographic information

• Title: Life and public services of Hon. James G. Blaine: the brilliant orator and sagacious statesman. The bosom friend of the lamented Garfield, and now the choice of the nation for president of the United States
• Author: Henry J. Ramsdell
• Publisher: Hubbard Brothers, 1884
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Aug 11, 2006
• Length: 678 pages
• Subjects: Presidents