Fessenden of Maine, Civil War Senator"Entering the Senate during the convulsive Kansas-Nebraska debate, William Pitt Fessenden rose to a place of leadership among that small band of anti-Nebraska Congressmen who then swung their support to the infant Republican party. Until his death in 1869 Senator Fessenden occupied a commanding position in national councils, where his powerful intellect, mastery in debate, and unquestioned integrity caused him to be considered by many of his colleagues as the foremost legislator of his day."--Preface. |
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Page 66
... soon afterwards he moved to Hampden , a small village five miles down the Penobscot River from Bangor . There he entered the law office of the venerable Charles Stetson and immediately prospered at a time when Pitt was experiencing less ...
... soon afterwards he moved to Hampden , a small village five miles down the Penobscot River from Bangor . There he entered the law office of the venerable Charles Stetson and immediately prospered at a time when Pitt was experiencing less ...
Page 79
... soon discovered that , as he had antici- pated , the Kansas - Nebraska Bill had thrown Maine politics into a turmoil . Throughout the state , Whigs , Free - Soilers , and not a few Democrats had united in angry conventions to denounce ...
... soon discovered that , as he had antici- pated , the Kansas - Nebraska Bill had thrown Maine politics into a turmoil . Throughout the state , Whigs , Free - Soilers , and not a few Democrats had united in angry conventions to denounce ...
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... Soon after this , the Secretary of War returned un- invited and unwanted to his Cabinet post , and thus the stage was set for a reenactment with ominous variations of the same drama . Scarcely more than a month later , President Johnson ...
... Soon after this , the Secretary of War returned un- invited and unwanted to his Cabinet post , and thus the stage was set for a reenactment with ominous variations of the same drama . Scarcely more than a month later , President Johnson ...
Contents
Preface Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
GETTING SET IN LAW AND POLITICS | 12 |
ALSO KENT AND FESSENDEN | 24 |
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