Author: George Congdon GorhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cabinet officers
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Life and Public Services of Edwin M. Stanton
Author: George Congdon GorhamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cabinet officers
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the Law School of Harvard University
Author: Harvard Law School. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
Book Description
The Western Law Journal
Author: Lincoln's Autocrat
Author: William MarvelPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469622505
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869), one of the nineteenth century's most impressive legal and political minds, wielded enormous influence and power as Lincoln's secretary of war during most of the Civil War and under Johnson during the early years of Reconstruction. In the first full biography of Stanton in more than fifty years, William Marvel offers a detailed reexamination of Stanton's life, career, and legacy. Marvel argues that while Stanton was a formidable advocate and politician, his character was hardly benign. Climbing from a difficult youth to the pinnacle of power, Stanton used his authority--and the public coffers--to pursue political vendettas, and he exercised sweeping wartime powers with a cavalier disregard for civil liberties. Though Lincoln's ability to harness a cabinet with sharp divisions and strong personalities is widely celebrated, Marvel suggests that Stanton's tenure raises important questions about Lincoln's actual control over the executive branch. This insightful biography also reveals why men like Ulysses S. Grant considered Stanton a coward and a bully, who was unashamed to use political power for partisan enforcement and personal preservation.
Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Supreme Court of the United States
Author: United States. Supreme CourtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
Book Description
Catalog of Government Publications in the Research Libraries
Author: New York Public Library. Economic and Public Affairs DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
Author: Maggs Bros