The book explores the concept of politics and its effects on the national government of the early American republic.
Tom Chaffin et al., 11 vols. to date (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1969–), 2:196, 196–97; Rough draft of inaugural address, [March 1829], in Hamilton, Reminiscences, 104–6. 4. Thomas P. Govan, Nicholas Biddle, ...
This historical reference is filled with fascinating facts and anecdotes about 19th-century politics in the United States, most notably how Martin Van Buren acted as the architect of the Democratic Party; what factors contributed to the ...
W. W. Norton & Company . Smith , S. B. and Owsley , H.B. (eds) ( 1980 ) The Papers of Andrew Jackson: Volume 1, 1770–1803 . University of Tennessee Press . Sumner , W.G. ( 1882 ) Andrew Jackson . Houghton, Mifflin, & Company .
The first book in almost fifty years on the storied 1828 campaign gets beyond the myths of the infamously nasty election, revealing how it provided the impetus to mass political parties--and therefore to democracy, paving the way for the ...
Keane was confident that Pakenham would be irresistible in the attack and invincible in finishing it, so the British waited. The man, the men, and the guns arrived on Christmas Day. Pakenham doubtless did not like what he saw when he ...
This useful reference source & overview was compiled by historian Jeff Ellington; and covers Andrew Jackson's rise to the presidency and beyond, and it includes information and analysis about his successes and failures.
What happens when the political ideas and constitutional interpretations of one generation are replaced by those of another? This process has occurred throughout American history down to the present day...
The struggle commenced in a peculiar salon scandal involving the wife of John Eaton , an old political ally whom Jackson had selected as his secretary of war . Margaret O'Neale Timberlake Eaton was a dark - haired , fine - featured ...
Timberlake, Richard. ''The Specie Circular and Distribution of the Surplus.'' Journal of Political Economy, 68 (1960), 109–17. Timberlake, Richard. ''The Specie Circular and Sales of Public Lands: Bibliography 1197.
Margaret O'Neale Timberlake, a dark-haired, vivacious beauty, was the daughter of a popular Irish-immigrant innkeeper in Washington, well known to congressmen and other government officials. Her husband, John Timberlake, ...