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The Great Triumvirate
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Author : Merrill D. Peterson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1988-12-08
The Great Triumvirate written by Merrill D. Peterson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-12-08 with History categories.
Enormously powerful, intensely ambitious, the very personifications of their respective regions--Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun represented the foremost statemen of their age. In the decades preceding the Civil War, they dominated American congressional politics as no other figures have. Now Merrill D. Peterson, one of our most gifted historians, brilliantly re-creates the lives and times of these great men in this monumental collective biography. Arriving on the national scene at the onset of the War of 1812 and departing political life during the ordeal of the Union in 1850-52, Webster, Clay, and Calhoun opened--and closed--a new era in American politics. In outlook and style, they represented startling contrasts: Webster, the Federalist and staunch New England defender of the Union; Clay, the "war hawk" and National Rebublican leader from the West; Calhoun, the youthful nationalist who became the foremost spokesman of the South and slavery. They came together in the Senate for the first time in 1832, united in their opposition of Andrew Jackson, and thus gave birth to the idea of the "Great Triumvirate." Entering the history books, this idea survived the test of time because these men divided so much of American politics between them for so long. Peterson brings to life the great events in which the Triumvirate figured so prominently, including the debates on Clay's American System, the Missouri Compromise, the Webster-Hayne debate, the Bank War, the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, the annexation of Texas, and the Compromise of 1850. At once a sweeping narrative and a penetrating study of non-presidential leadership, this book offers an indelible picture of this conservative era in which statesmen viewed the preservation of the legacy of free government inherited from the Founding Fathers as their principal mission. In fascinating detail, Peterson demonstrates how precisely Webster, Clay, and Calhoun exemplify three facets of this national mind.
Heirs Of The Founders
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Author : H. W. Brands
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2018-11-13
Heirs Of The Founders written by H. W. Brands and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-13 with History categories.
From New York Times bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in nineteenth-century America, a new set of political giants battled to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and decide the future of our democracy In the early 1800s, three young men strode onto the national stage, elected to Congress at a moment when the Founding Fathers were beginning to retire to their farms. Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, a champion orator known for his eloquence, spoke for the North and its business class. Henry Clay of Kentucky, as dashing as he was ambitious, embodied the hopes of the rising West. South Carolina's John Calhoun, with piercing eyes and an even more piercing intellect, defended the South and slavery. Together these heirs of Washington, Jefferson and Adams took the country to war, battled one another for the presidency and set themselves the task of finishing the work the Founders had left undone. Their rise was marked by dramatic duels, fierce debates, scandal and political betrayal. Yet each in his own way sought to remedy the two glaring flaws in the Constitution: its refusal to specify where authority ultimately rested, with the states or the nation, and its unwillingness to address the essential incompatibility of republicanism and slavery. They wrestled with these issues for four decades, arguing bitterly and hammering out political compromises that held the Union together, but only just. Then, in 1850, when California moved to join the Union as a free state, "the immortal trio" had one last chance to save the country from the real risk of civil war. But, by that point, they had never been further apart. Thrillingly and authoritatively, H. W. Brands narrates an epic American rivalry and the little-known drama of the dangerous early years of our democracy.
American Triumvirate
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Author : James Dodson
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2012-03-13
American Triumvirate written by James Dodson and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-13 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In this celebration of three legendary champions on the centennial of their births in 1912, one of the most accomplished and successful writers about the game explains the circumstances that made each of them so singularly brilliant and how they, in turn, saved not only the professional tour but modern golf itself, thus making possible the subsequent popularity of players from Arnold Palmer to Tiger Woods. During the Depression—after the exploits of Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen and Bobby Jones (winning the Grand Slam as an amateur in 1930) had faded in the public’s imagination—golf’s popularity fell year after year, and as a spectator sport it was on the verge of extinction. This was the unhappy prospect facing two dirt-poor boys from Texas and another from Virginia who had dedicated themselves to the game yet could look forward only to eking out a subsistence living along with millions of other Americans. But then lightning struck, and from the late thirties into the fifties these three men were so thoroughly dominant—each setting a host of records—that they transformed both how the game was played and how society regarded it. Sports fans in general are well aware of Hogan and Nelson and Snead, but even the most devoted golfers will learn a great many new things about them here. Their hundredth birthdays will be commemorated throughout 2012—Nelson born in February, Snead in May, and Hogan in August—but as this comprehensive and compelling account vividly demonstrates, they were, and will always remain, a triumvirate for the ages.
America S Silver Age
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Author : Gerald White Johnson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1939
America S Silver Age written by Gerald White Johnson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1939 with United States categories.
"In a book as remarkable for its exuberant spirit as for its scholarly and distinguished prose, Gerald Johnson has brought gloriously alive the most brilliant period of our nation's history. America's Silver Age saw the country settling down after the stormy years of its founding, testing certain ideas and establishing policies which gave the government its permanent form. And the three men, so strangely dissimilar, who were chiefly responsible for the character of political events were the great triumvirate. Henry Clay, a pestilential fellow, a man of evil fame, but loved as few of his countrymen have been loved. John C. Calhoun, above everything correct, the very incarnation of the wrath of God. Daniel Webster, simple and direct, the contented debtor, the eloquent poet, the servant of big business. None of these men attained the presidency, but they refashioned the republic and determined certain American principles which endure to this day. Not least among their accomplishments, they determined the outcome of the Civil War. By stressing those events which can be defined as statecraft rather than politics, Gerald Johnson does full justice to the stature of his subjects, and incidentally draws startling parallels between Amerca's Silver Age and our own troubled times." --Taken from book jacket flap.
America S Great Debate
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Author : Fergus M. Bordewich
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-04-16
America S Great Debate written by Fergus M. Bordewich and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-16 with History categories.
Chronicles the 1850s appeals of Western territories to join the Union as slave or free states, profiling period balances in the Senate, Henry Clay's attempts at compromise, and the border crisis between New Mexico and Texas.
The Great Virginia Triumvirate
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Author : John P. Kaminski
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2010-01-22
The Great Virginia Triumvirate written by John P. Kaminski and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Three remarkable Virginians stand out in their service to the new nation: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. Kaminski presents a series of biographical portraits that brings these three men remarkably to life for the modern reader.
John C Calhoun And The Price Of Union
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Author : John Niven
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 1993-07-01
John C Calhoun And The Price Of Union written by John Niven and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-07-01 with History categories.
John C. Calhoun (1782–1850) was one of the prominent figure of American politics in the first half of the nineteenth century. The son of a slaveholding South Carolina family, he served in the federal government in various capacities—as senator from his home state, as secretary of war and secretary of state, and as vice-president in the administrations of John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Calhoun was a staunch supporter of the interests of his state and region. His battle from tariff reform, aimed at alleviating the economic problems of the southern states, eventually led him to formulate his famous nullification doctrine, which asserted the right of states to declare federal laws null and void within their own boundaries. In the first full-scale biography of Calhoun in almost half a century, John Niven skillfully presents a new interpretation of this preeminent spokesman of the Old South. Deftly blending Calhoun’s public career with important elements of his private life, Niven shows Calhoun to have been at once a more consistent politician and a far more complex human being than previous historians have thought. Rather than history’s image of an assured, self-confident Calhoun, Niven reveals a figure who was in many ways insecure and defensive. Niven maintains that the War of 1812, which Calhoun helped instigate and which nearly resulted in the nation’s ruin, made a lasting impression on Calhoun’s mind and personality. From that point until the end of his life, he sought security first from the western Indians and the British while he was secretary of war, then from northern exploitation of southern wealth through what he regarded as manipulation of public policy while he was vice-president and a senator. He worked tirelessly to further the South’s slave-plantation system of economic and social values. He sought protection for a region that he freely admitted was low in population and poor in material resources, and he defended a position that he knew was morally inferior. Niven portrays Calhoun as a driven, tragic figure whose ambitions and personal desires to achieve leadership and compensate for a lack of inner assurance were often thwarted. The life he made for himself, the peace he felt on his plantation with his dependent retainers, and the agricultural pursuits that represented to him and his neighbors stability in a rapidly changing environment were beyond price. Calhoun sought to resist any menace to this way of life with all the force of his character and intellect. Yet in the end Calhoun’s headstrong allegiance to his region helped to destroy the very culture he sought to preserve and disrupted the Union he had hoped to keep whole. Niven’s masterful retelling of Calhoun’s eventful life is a model biography.
The Life Of Henry Clay
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Author : Glyndon Garlock Van Deusen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1937
The Life Of Henry Clay written by Glyndon Garlock Van Deusen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with Legislators categories.
The biography of the Kentucky statesman who served in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, as Speaker of the House. A skilled orator, lawyer, and politician, Clay served as Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams and founded the Whig Party. "The Great Compromiser" brokered important agreements on slavery during the lead up to the Civil War. As part of the "Great Triumvirate" with colleagues Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun, he was instrumental in the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Compromise Tariff of 1833, and the Compromise of 1850.
Henry Clay
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Author : Michael Burgan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Henry Clay written by Michael Burgan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Legislators categories.
Profiles the American statesman known for his initiation and support of political compromise to keep the Union together during the first half of the 19th century.
This Great Triumvirate Of Patriots
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Author : Harry Barnard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
This Great Triumvirate Of Patriots written by Harry Barnard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Art categories.