Owen Lovejoy, Abolitionist in Congress, Volume 10Rutgers University Press, 1967 - 493 pages |
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Page 69
... vote was not enough to break through the established two - party front . However , the Liberty party vote in New York State had proved to be a balance - of- power vote , causing Henry Clay to lose the state and the election . Polk , the ...
... vote was not enough to break through the established two - party front . However , the Liberty party vote in New York State had proved to be a balance - of- power vote , causing Henry Clay to lose the state and the election . Polk , the ...
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... votes ; Leonard Swett , who was Lincoln's favorite , 18 ; and Jesse O. Norton only 9. On the regular ballot Lovejoy and Swett each gained one vote . Then the convention adjourned for twenty minutes . When it reassem- bled Swett and ...
... votes ; Leonard Swett , who was Lincoln's favorite , 18 ; and Jesse O. Norton only 9. On the regular ballot Lovejoy and Swett each gained one vote . Then the convention adjourned for twenty minutes . When it reassem- bled Swett and ...
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Edward Magdol. than an Egyptian mummy . " Davis was charged with refusing to vote for Lovejoy and with having persuaded others not to vote for him in 1856. Lincoln , under the pen name " A Republican , " adroitly came to Davis's defense ...
Edward Magdol. than an Egyptian mummy . " Davis was charged with refusing to vote for Lovejoy and with having persuaded others not to vote for him in 1856. Lincoln , under the pen name " A Republican , " adroitly came to Davis's defense ...
Contents
The Murder of Elijah P Lovejoy | 3 |
Was I to Bewray the Wanderer? | 25 |
Renovate the State1840 to 1844 | 52 |
Copyright | |
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