Author: William Douglas SimpsonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Fusion of 1860
Author: William Douglas SimpsonPublisher:
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New York and the Fusion Movement of 1860
Author: Louis Martin SearsPublisher:
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 5
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The Anti-Lincoln Fusion Movement in New York State in 1860
Author: Edith HorwitzThe Election of 1860
Author: Michael F. HoltPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700624872
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Because of its extraordinary consequences and because of Abraham Lincoln's place in the American pantheon, the presidential election of 1860 is probably the most studied in our history. But perhaps for the same reasons, historians have focused on the contest of Lincoln versus Stephen Douglas in the northern free states and John Bell versus John C. Breckinridge in the slaveholding South. In The Election of 1860 a preeminent scholar of American history disrupts this familiar narrative with a clearer and more comprehensive account of how the election unfolded and what it was actually about. Most critically, the book counters the common interpretation of the election as a referendum on slavery and the Republican Party's purported threat to it. However significantly slavery figured in the election, The Election of 1860 reveals the key importance of widespread opposition to the Republican Party because of its overtly anti-southern rhetoric and seemingly unstoppable rise to power in the North after its emergence in 1854. Also of critical importance was the corruption of the incumbent administration of Democrat James Buchanan—and a nationwide revulsion against party. Grounding his history in a nuanced retelling of the pre-1860 story, Michael F. Holt explores the sectional politics that permeated the election and foreshadowed the coming Civil War. He brings to light how the campaigns of the Republican Party and the National (Northern) Democrats and the Constitutional (Southern) Democrats and the newly formed Constitutional Union Party were not exclusively regional. His attention to the little-studied role of the Buchanan Administration, and of perceived threats to the preservation of the Union, clarifies the true dynamic of the 1860 presidential election, particularly in its early stages.
The Fusion of 1860. A Record of the Centenary Celebrations and a History of the United University of Aberdeen, 1860-1960. Edited by W.D. Simpson. [With Plates and Maps.].
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Author: William Douglas SimpsonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 331
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The Fusion of 1860
Author: The Fusion of 1860 : a Record of the Centenary Celebrations and a History of the United University of Aberdeen, 1860-1960
Author: William Douglas SimpsonPublisher: Edinburgh : Published for the University of Aberdeen [by] Oliver and Boyd
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Languages : en
Pages : 331
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The Fusion of 1860 [eighteen Hundred and Sixty]
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Author: W. Douglas SimpsonSecession and the Union in Texas
Author: Walter L. BuengerPublisher: Univ of TX + ORM
ISBN: 0292733518
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
This history of secession in the Lone Star State offers both a vivid narrative and a powerful case study of the broader secession movement. In 1845, Texans voted overwhelmingly to join the Union. Then, in 1861, they voted just as overwhelmingly to secede. The story of why and how that happened is filled with colorful characters, raiding Comanches, German opponents of slavery, and a border with Mexico. It also has important implications for our understanding of secession across the South. Combining social and political history, Walter L. Buenger explores issues such as public hysteria, the pressure for consensus, and the vanishing of a political process in which rational debate about secession could take place. Drawing on manuscript collections and contemporary newspapers, Buenger also analyzes election returns, population shifts, and the breakdown of populations within Texas counties. Buenger demonstrates that Texans were not simply ardent secessionists or committed unionists. At the end of 1860, the majority fell between these two extremes, creating an atmosphere of ambivalence toward secession which was not erased even by the war.
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
Author: Illinois State Historical SocietyPublisher:
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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