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"The damndest political whore in the country"
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Among the other contenders circling the nomination [of the Democrats for president in 1844] . . . was Richard [Mentor] Johnson of Kentucky, former vice president during [Martin] Van Burens presidential term [1837-1841], whose national reputation had begun with news that he had personally killed the famous Shawnee ...1 week ago -
Preston Brooks In the News!
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It turns out that Mitch McConnell has a pretty dry sense of humor, and a pretty good sense of history. From his email today (emphasis added): The plain language of the Senate precedent, the manual that governs Senate procedure, is that unanimous consent of all members was required before the Senator from Vermont ...1 week ago -
Thomas Hart Benton
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The most raving political maniac I ever knew. John Tyler on Thomas Hart Benton . About the illustration : Another mock shinplaster (see also nos. 1837-9 and -10 above). Again the artist attributes the shortage of hard money to the successive monetary programs of presidents Jackson and Van Buren, particularly to ...1 week ago
