William Almon Wheeler : political star of the north country / Herbert C. Hallas.

By: Hallas, Herbert C, 1937-Material type: TextTextSeries: Excelsior editionsPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2013]Copyright date: 2013Description: 1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations, portraitsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781438448114Subject(s): Wheeler, William A. (William Almon), 1819-1887 | United States. Congress. House -- Biography | Vice-Presidents -- United States -- Biography | Legislators -- United States -- Biography | United States -- Politics and government -- 1877-1881 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1869-1877 | New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950 | New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865 | Malone (N.Y.) -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: William Almon Wheeler : political star of the north country.DDC classification: 328.73/092 | B LOC classification: E664.W57 | H35 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Tragedy in Malone -- The making of a "cultivated" man -- Love and the new district attorney -- "Here lies an honest man" -- "Old hunkerism" is dead -- A "mere act of justice" -- "Grinding" it out in Albany -- A pen "dipped in gall" -- An early morning knock on the door -- Suddenly, a "junior partner" -- A sporting gentleman gets the itch -- "True to our trust, true to ourselves, and true to the truth" -- "Ho! For California" -- Spreading "law, order, population, industry and wealth" -- "Common justice" for the south -- Returning the salary grab -- No "unproductive and useless park" -- An "earnest champion of the right" -- The "New York Lincoln" -- "God's hand is in this work" -- "Hayes the true and Wheeler, too!" -- "As righteous as an edict of God" -- "A wild and joyous time" -- The frozen snake and the "greatest of humbugs" -- "The machine always slaughters its new converts" -- Delivering a "paroxysm of partisan fury" -- U.S. Senate election round one: the double-cross -- U.S. Senate election round two: caught in a crossfire -- "Distressing malady of my bladder" -- Negotiating "simple justice" -- Epilogue: from "sterling gold" to neurotic timidity.
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Tragedy in Malone -- The making of a "cultivated" man -- Love and the new district attorney -- "Here lies an honest man" -- "Old hunkerism" is dead -- A "mere act of justice" -- "Grinding" it out in Albany -- A pen "dipped in gall" -- An early morning knock on the door -- Suddenly, a "junior partner" -- A sporting gentleman gets the itch -- "True to our trust, true to ourselves, and true to the truth" -- "Ho! For California" -- Spreading "law, order, population, industry and wealth" -- "Common justice" for the south -- Returning the salary grab -- No "unproductive and useless park" -- An "earnest champion of the right" -- The "New York Lincoln" -- "God's hand is in this work" -- "Hayes the true and Wheeler, too!" -- "As righteous as an edict of God" -- "A wild and joyous time" -- The frozen snake and the "greatest of humbugs" -- "The machine always slaughters its new converts" -- Delivering a "paroxysm of partisan fury" -- U.S. Senate election round one: the double-cross -- U.S. Senate election round two: caught in a crossfire -- "Distressing malady of my bladder" -- Negotiating "simple justice" -- Epilogue: from "sterling gold" to neurotic timidity.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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