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Author Harris, William C. (William Charles), 1933- author.

Title Two against Lincoln : Reverdy Johnson and Horatio Seymour : champions of the loyal opposition / William C. Harris.

Publication Info. Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2017]

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.8 H244t 2017    ---  Available
Description ix, 254 pages : portrait ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-240) and index.
Contents Part I. Reverdy Johnson: conservative unionist -- Defender of the republic and the Constitution -- Johnson and Lincoln: a fragile collaboration -- Civil War senator and Lincoln nemesis -- After the war: Republican adversary -- Part II. Horatio Seymour: Democratic leader -- Seymour and Lincoln: the early sparring -- A thorn in Lincoln's side, 1863 -- Democratic champion, 1864 -- Reconstruction dissident and presidential candidate -- Conclusions.
Subject Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876.
Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Adversaries.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Political aspects.
Democratic Party (U.S.) -- Biography.
Unionists (United States Civil War) -- Biography.
Politicians -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN 9780700624126 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700624120 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700624133 (ebook)

 
    
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