Diary of Gideon Welles, Volume I: Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln and Johnson - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Cosimo ClassicsISBN-13:9781646791460ISBN-10:1646791460UPC:9781646791460Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, United States, American GovernmentBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), Executive BranchSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.7417Product ID:SCSGYKN68W
Diary of Gideon Welles, Volume I: Secretary of the Navy under Lincoln and Johnson
"Wanting a man from New England, Lincoln took an ex-Democrat, trained in public business,
who had manifested his courage and the earnestness of his conviction by casting loose from his old associates on the question of slavery; and who also had shown a natural aptitude for politics, a quality which Mr. Lincoln, possessing it himself in a high degree, did not undervalue in others." --John T....
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cosimo ClassicsISBN-13:9781646791460ISBN-10:1646791460UPC:9781646791460Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Political, United States, American GovernmentBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), Executive BranchSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.7417Product ID:SCSGYKN68W
Welles, Gideon: - GIDEON WELLES (1802-1878), born into a wealthy Connecticut family, studied law, co-founded the Hartford Times in 1826, and joined the Connecticut legislature in 1827 as a Jacksonian Democrat. In 1854, Welles quit the Democrats and joined the Republican Party. In 1856 he founded the Hartford Evening Press, one of the first Republican papers in New England. Due to his strong...
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