To the Whig Electors of Lincoln Congressional District
Author | : Whig Party (Lincoln County, Me.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1 |
Release | : 1838 |
Genre | : Campaign literature, 1838 |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Whig Party (Lincoln County, Me.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1 |
Release | : 1838 |
Genre | : Campaign literature, 1838 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Prof. Donald W. Riddle |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2018-02-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1787209369 |
“THIS study of Lincoln’s campaign for nomination and election to Congress is offered as a report of an episode in Western history, rather than as a chapter of Lincoln biography. In the broadest sense it is a documentation of the Frederick Jackson Turner hypothesis of the significance of the frontier. Its potential contribution to Lincoln biography is within the framework of frontier history. The regional factors in the settlement of Illinois enable the understanding of the emergence of political attitudes and parties in a frontier state, and Lincoln’s early career can be understood as the issues and viewpoints of Illinois politicians were shaped by the regional influences in western settlement. “If the estimate of Congressman A. G. Riddle—that Lincoln was a consummate manager of men—is correct, Lincoln’s finesse in political technique is discovered to be no sudden acquisition at the time of his election to the presidency, but a skill developed in the formative days of his career as an Illinois politician. Lincoln’s ability as a minority President is much more readily understood when his leadership in a minority party in his state is studied. His success in handling the border slave states in the secession crisis was made possible by what he learned as a local politician in a region which had been settled largely by emigrants from Kentucky and Tennessee.” (Donald W. Riddle, Preface)
Author | : Michael F. Holt |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 1298 |
Release | : 2003-05-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199830894 |
Here, Michael F. Holt gives us the only comprehensive history of the Whigs ever written. He offers a panoramic account of the tumultuous antebellum period, a time when a flurry of parties and larger-than-life politicians--Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren, and Henry Clay--struggled for control as the U.S. inched towards secession. It was an era when Americans were passionately involved in politics, when local concerns drove national policy, and when momentous political events--like the Annexation of Texas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act--rocked the country. Amid this contentious political activity, the Whig Party continuously strove to unite North and South, emerging as the nation's last great hope to prevent secession.
Author | : William C. Kimberling |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Electoral college |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Abraham Lincoln |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 714 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Campaign debates |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Erik J. Engstrom |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2014-10-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107050391 |
This book demonstrates that nineteenth-century electoral politics were the product of institutions that prescribed how votes were cast and were converted into political offices.
Author | : Allen C. Guelzo |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 433 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Illinois |
ISBN | : 0743273206 |
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Author | : Robert Allen Rutland |
Publisher | : University of Missouri Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780826210906 |
The book is a lucid and fast-paced overview of the Republican party from its beginnings in the 1850s through the 1994 congressional elections, which saw the Democratic domination of the House and Senate come to an abrupt end.
Author | : Richard Lawrence Miller |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 419 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0786461926 |
Based on deep consultation of seldom-examined primary sources, this third volume in Richard Lawrence Miller's massive Lincoln biography follows Lincoln's long effort to win a seat in Congress, his activity there, and his return to Illinois--chastened by his Washington experience. Topics include: Lincoln's anti-slavery efforts in Congress; the popularity of his stance against the Mexican War (which, contrary to common belief, didn't significantly harm his political reputation); his support of Zachary Taylor's presidential campaign and his subsequent efforts to win a patronage job from the Taylor White House; his political activities after returning to Illinois; and his generally happy home life with Mary and his sons. Throughout the work, a new portrait emerges of Lincoln as a canny politician, making his own luck by striking swiftly and strongly when opportunities arose.