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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Niles' National Register
Author: North Dakota Historical Quarterly
Author: The First American Political Conventions
Author: Stan M. HaynesPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786490306
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
For almost two centuries, Americans have relied upon political conventions to provide the nation with new leadership. The modern convention, a four-day, carefully choreographed, prime-time television event designed to portray the party and its candidate in the most favorable light, continues many of the traditions and rules developed during the first conventions in the mid-19th century. This study analyzes the birth of the convention process in the 1830s and follows its development over 40 years, chronicling each of the presidential elections between 1832 and 1872, the leading candidates, and an analysis of the key issues, and memorable speeches and events on the convention floor. Other topics include back-room deal making, "dark horse" candidacies, meeting halls, parades, rallies, and other accompanying hoopla. This volume reveals the origins of a quintessentially American spectacle and sheds new light on an understudied aspect of the nation's political past.
Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society
Author: Buffalo Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buffalo (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Publications of the Buffalo Historical Society
Author: British Museum
Author: Publications
Author: Buffalo Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Publications
Author: Buffalo Historical Society (Buffalo, N.Y.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buffalo (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Annual Report of the American Historical Association
Author: American Historical AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
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