The period of expansion or Georgia in the process of growth, 1802-1857 (continued) ; The period of division or Georgia in the assertion of state rights, 1857-1872 ; The period of rehabilitation or Georgia's rise from the ashes of war, 1872-1916 ; Georgia miscellaniesLewis Publishing Company, 1917 - Georgia |
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Page 658
... political descent back to Thomas Jefferson . In the campaign of 1840 the whigs nominated William Henry Har- rison ... politics . General Harrison was a successful Indian fighter , with the prestige of a brilliant military career ...
... political descent back to Thomas Jefferson . In the campaign of 1840 the whigs nominated William Henry Har- rison ... politics . General Harrison was a successful Indian fighter , with the prestige of a brilliant military career ...
Page 686
... political life and both occupied seats in the halls of Congress before the war . They were also both active upon the stage of political events in Georgia imme- diately prior to the outbreak of the struggle , but they approached the ...
... political life and both occupied seats in the halls of Congress before the war . They were also both active upon the stage of political events in Georgia imme- diately prior to the outbreak of the struggle , but they approached the ...
Page 700
... political organization unfriendly both to foreign immi- grants and to Catholics and designed with the object ... politics . Most of its adherents were old - line whigs . But Mr. Stephens , as we have seen , refused to join the new party ...
... political organization unfriendly both to foreign immi- grants and to Catholics and designed with the object ... politics . Most of its adherents were old - line whigs . But Mr. Stephens , as we have seen , refused to join the new party ...
Page 709
... political Warwicks of his day in Georgia . On leaving his home in the mountains to attend the convention , Colonel Trammell was bent upon nominating his candidate , who , a mountaineer like him- self , was then judge of the Blue Ridge ...
... political Warwicks of his day in Georgia . On leaving his home in the mountains to attend the convention , Colonel Trammell was bent upon nominating his candidate , who , a mountaineer like him- self , was then judge of the Blue Ridge ...
Page 710
... politics and to entrust the banner of democracy into the hands of a candidate who was scarcely known beyond the Blue Ridge Circuit was , in the opinion of Mr. Toombs , a hazardous experiment . At least it put his own political head in ...
... politics and to entrust the banner of democracy into the hands of a candidate who was scarcely known beyond the Blue Ridge Circuit was , in the opinion of Mr. Toombs , a hazardous experiment . At least it put his own political head in ...
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