Profiles & Portraits of American PresidentsA parade of facts, from Washington through the present term of Lyndon B. Johnson, that determined the events, decisions, triumphs, and tragedies of each presidential office. |
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... candidates with the greatest number of votes . The fourth candidate , who had been elimi- nated but who still had some of the votes in his pocket , was Henry Clay . By securing the states under Clay's con- trol in the House plus two ...
... candidates with the greatest number of votes . The fourth candidate , who had been elimi- nated but who still had some of the votes in his pocket , was Henry Clay . By securing the states under Clay's con- trol in the House plus two ...
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... candidate for office in Massachusetts . In Congress he was scrupulous in representing the interests of his home area and respond- ing to the requests of his constituents . A cool , unemo- tional thinker , he was detached from party ...
... candidate for office in Massachusetts . In Congress he was scrupulous in representing the interests of his home area and respond- ing to the requests of his constituents . A cool , unemo- tional thinker , he was detached from party ...
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... candidate for President , 1884 Died November 18 , 1886 Cabinet Secy of State : James Gillespie Blaine ( from Garfield admin . ) ; Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen , 12/12/1881 Secy of the Treasury : William Windom ( from Garfield admin ...
... candidate for President , 1884 Died November 18 , 1886 Cabinet Secy of State : James Gillespie Blaine ( from Garfield admin . ) ; Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen , 12/12/1881 Secy of the Treasury : William Windom ( from Garfield admin ...
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