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Category : Campaign literature, 1856
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
National American Fillmore and Donelson Ticket
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Category : Campaign literature, 1856
Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Circular. Philadelphia, November 4, 1856
Author: Fillmore and Donelson Committee of Superintendence (Philadelphia, Pa.)Publisher:
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Category : Ballot
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
The Presidents
Author: United States. National Park ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historic sites
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The National Survey of Historic Sites and Buildings
Author: Andrew Jackson Donelson
Author: Richard Douglas SpencePublisher: Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN: 0826504000
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 699
Book Description
This richly detailed biography of Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799-1871) sheds new light on the political and personal life of this nephew and namesake of Andrew Jackson. A scion of a pioneering Tennessee family, Donelson was a valued assistant and trusted confidant of the man who defined the Age of Jackson. One of those central but background figures of history, Donelson had a knack for being where important events were happening and knew many of the great figures of the age. As his uncle's secretary, he weathered Old Hickory's tumultuous presidency, including the notorious "Petticoat War." Building his own political career, he served as US chargé d'affaires to the Republic of Texas, where he struggled against an enigmatic President Sam Houston, British and French intrigues, and the threat of war by Mexico, to achieve annexation. As minister to Prussia, Donelson enjoyed a ringside seat to the revolutions of 1848 and the first attempts at German unification. A firm Unionist in the mold of his uncle, Donelson denounced the secessionists at the Nashville Convention of 1850. He attempted as editor of the Washington Union to reunite the Democratic party, and, when he failed, he was nominated as Millard Fillmore's vice-presidential running mate on the Know-Nothing party ticket in 1856. He lived to see the Civil War wreck the Union he loved, devastate his farms, and take the lives of two of his sons.
Political and Americana Memorabilia
Author: Heritage-Slater AmericanaPublisher: Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN: 9781932899672
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Heritage Slater Political Memorabilia and Americana Auction Catalog #619
Author: Ivy PressPublisher: Heritage Capital Corporation
ISBN: 9781599670126
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Facts for the People
Author: United States Presidential Elections
Author: The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party
Author: Michael F. HoltPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199830894
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1298
Book Description
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.