Broderick And Gwin
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The Rivals
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Author : Arthur Quinn
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1997-01-01
The Rivals written by Arthur Quinn and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with History categories.
“This is the story of two men—of how they achieved great power and how through their implacable rivalry they destroyed each other,” writes Arthur Quinn. Anticipating California’s admission to the union, both came to the state in 1849 seeking a seat in the U.S. Senate. William McKendree Gwin, an aristocratic Southerner, and David Broderick, a veteran of the bare-knuckle politics of New York, struggled for control of California’s Democratic Party during the 1850s. Their feud, personal as well as political, ended in violent death for one and disgrace for the other.
Broderick And Gwin
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Author : James O'Meara
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
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Broderick And Gwin
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Author : James O'Meara
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
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Broderick And Gwin
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Author : James O'Meara
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Broderick And Gwin written by James O'Meara and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
Broderick and Gwin is a gripping account of one of the most dramatic political contests in American history, the race for a Senate seat in California in 1859. The book vividly describes the personalities and tactics of the two candidates, along with their supporters and opponents, and provides a detailed account of the fateful duel that ended the life of one of the contenders. With its rich detail and lively prose, Broderick and Gwin offers a fascinating glimpse into the rough-and-tumble world of American politics in the pre-Civil War era. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Broderick And Gwin
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Author : James O'Meara
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932
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Broderick And Gwin
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Author : James O'Meara
language : en
Publisher: Nabu Press
Release Date : 2013-11-01
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Broderick And Gwin
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Author : James O'Meara
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
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The Terry Broderick Duel
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Author : Carroll Douglas Hall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
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Broderick
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Author : James Emmett Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-10-07
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More than any other man, United States Senator David Broderick was the man responsible for keeping California from seceding at the outbreak of the Civil War. Broderick was a political enigma, a contradiction. In New York in the 1840s, he was, in turn, an apprentice stonemason, a volunteer fireman, and the keeper of a saloon that was a meeting place for political radicals. Following the gold rush to San Francisco in 1849, Broderick became the first leader of the California state senate. He stood up for the rights of the common people, the city's Irish and German immigrants. With their support, he built a political machine powerful enough to topple William McKendree Gwin, the leader of the Chivalry, the aristocratic transplanted Southern gentlemen who dominated California politics in the years before the Civil War. As a politician, Broderick was thoroughly corrupt. He sold political offices, demanded kickbacks from aspiring candidates, and employed a gang of toughs to battle his opponents, enforce party discipline, and stuff ballot boxes. San Francisco's Committee of Vigilance of 1856 exiled his goons. However, in 1857, the resilient Broderick still had enough clout to convince the state legislature to elect him to the Senate of the United States. But David Broderick was much more than just another corrupt politician. He was also a man of courage and principle. Broderick was on the right side of the defining social issue of his day, human slavery, which he saw as an immoral, cruel anachronism. Things came to a head over the admission of Kansas in the late 1850s, when the President, James Buchanan, and his powerful supporters, tried to use the Lecompton constitution to force slavery down the throats of the unwilling settlers of Kansas Territory. Broderick was so outspoken in his opposition that by 1859, he found himself in the cross hairs of fire eaters, men like California's Chief Justice, David S. Terry, who were willing to gun down anybody who spoke out against the extension of slavery. These men came to believe that David Broderick had to be silenced if California were to follow their dream and secede from the Union.
California Sabers
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Author : Mclean
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2000-12-22
California Sabers written by Mclean and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-12-22 with History categories.
"California Sabers is the story of the California Hundred and Battalion, the only organized group of Californians to fight in the East during the Civil War. The 500 select men volunteered their enlistment bounty to pay their passage across Panama and on to Massachusetts, where they became the cadre of the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry"-- Book jacket, front flap.