TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hallas,Herbert C.
TI  - William Almon Wheeler: political star of the north country 
AV  - E664.W57 H35 2013
U1  - 328.73/092B 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Wheeler, William A.
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - House
KW  - Biography
KW  - Vice-Presidents
KW  - Legislators
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1877-1881
KW  - 1869-1877
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - 1865-1950
KW  - 1775-1865
KW  - Malone (N.Y.)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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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