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Andrew Johnson: A Biography

by Hans L. Trefousse. 463 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Hans L. Trefousse

Publisher:

   W. W. Norton

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1989
Subjects:   Reconstruction, Johnson, Andrew,--1808-1875, Presidents--United States--Biography, United States--Politics And Government--1865-1877
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1.
Andrew Johnson: A Biography
Book by Hans L. Trefousse; W. W. Norton, 1989
Subjects: Johnson, Andrew--1808-1875, Presidents--United States--Biography, Reconstruction, United States--Politics And Government--1865-1877
...States Biography. 3. Reconstruction. 4. United States Politics...of the United States, Andrew Johnson stands out as unique...RALEIGH POOR WHITE WHEN Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth president...born, on December 29, 1808, his native Raleigh was...
2.
The Age of Hate: Andrew Johnson and the Radicals
Book by George Fort Milton; Coward-McCann, 1930
Subjects: Johnson, Andrew--1808-1875, Presidents--United States--Biography, United States--Politics and government--1865-1869, United States--Politics and government--Civil War
...and finesse, men much more competent in practical politics than any of the Radical leaders, unless Thad...about, and the President "kicked him upstairs" as United States Minister to Russia. Cameron was the shrewdest...unconditional friends of the Union." The machinery of government, it charged, was being devoted "to secure the...Fessenden was to come up for reelection in 1865. Were Hannibal Hamlin free of the vice presidency...Kentucky. After having been Vice President of the United States and a candidate for president, John C. Breckinridge...he considered himself absolutely detached from politics--that is, from partisan and Abolition politics...seek to "sustain the honor and existence of the government." In any such assemblage, the "much enduring Union...
3.
Andrew Johnson: Congress and Reconstruction
Book by Howard P. Nash Jr.; Associated University Presses, 1972
Subjects: Johnson, Andrew--1808-1875, Reconstruction, United States--Politics And Government--1865-1869
...Abraham Lincolns successor, and most of the Republican members of the Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses, about Reconstruction after the American Civil War. It is a brief work for two reasons. The first is that it deals with a single facet of...
4.
The Slaveholding Republic: An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery
Book by Don E. Fehrenbacher, Ward M. Mcafee; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: African Americans--Legal Status, Laws, Etc--History--18th Century, African Americans--Legal Status, Laws, Etc--History--19th Century, Constitutional History--United States, Slavery--Government Policy--United States--History, Slavery--Political Aspects--United States--History, United States--Politics And Government--1775-1783, United States--Politics And Government--1783-1865, United States--Politics And Government--1865-1877
...History. 3. United States Politics and government 1775 1783. 4. United States Politics and government 1783 1865. 5. Reconstruction. 6. United States Politics and Government 1865 1877. 7. Constitutional history United States. 8. Afro-Americans Legal...
5.
Johnson, Grant, and the Politics of Reconstruction
Book by Martin E. Mantell; Columbia University Press, 1973
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S--(Ulysses Simpson)--1822-1885, Johnson, Andrew--1808-1875, Reconstruction, United States--Politics And Government--1865-1869
...BIBLIOGRAPHY 187 INDEX 201 JOHNSON, GRANT, and the POLITICS of RECONSTRUCTION INTRODUCTION The years of the presidency of Andrew Johnson are filled with a drama and significance rarely equaled...
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Lawyers Who Established International Law in the United States, 1776-1914
Journal article by John M. Raymond, Barbara J. Frischholz; American Journal of International Law, Vol. 76, 1982
Subjects: International Relations--Periodicals
...hard reality that in international politics neither legal principles nor legal...early fundamental decision of the United States Supreme Court declared international...inextricably interwoven with international politics, and that treaties can and will be...laid a foundation that prepared the United States to deal with the novel challenges...ensued from the establishment of the United Nations and U.S. participation in...
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Reynolds V. United States: The Historical Construction of Constitutional Reality
Journal article by Donald L. Drakeman; Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 21, 2004
Subjects: Church and state--Laws, regulations and rules, Constitutional history--Evaluation, Freedom of religion--Laws, regulations and rules, Reynolds v. United States--98 U.S. 145 (1878)
...Jefferson played such leading roles, had the same objective and intended to provide the same protection against governmental intrusion on religious liberty as the Virginia Bill of Religious Liberty." 330 U.S. at 13. (3.) ROBERT B. SEMPLE...note 4, at 113. (7.) GORDON, supra note 4, at 114. (8.) The indictment is reprinted in full in the Brief for the United States, in 8 LANDMARK BRIEFS AND ARGUMENTS OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 71 (Philip B. Kurland Gerhard...1845). (11.) Reynolds, 98 U.S. 143,160 (1878). (12.) Id. (13.) Id. (14.) See Ex parte Jackson, 96 U.S. 727 (1877), involving mail restrictions on circulars relating to lotteries. Sce also Ex parte Curtis, 106 U.S. 371 (1882...1875). (120.) Id. at 289-96. (121.) Id. at 342. (122.) Id. at 352. Donald L. Drakeman, Lecturer, Department of Politics, Princeton University. A.B., Dartmouth College; J.D., Columbia Law School; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University...
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An American Resolution: The History of Prisons in the United States from 1777 to 1877
Journal article by Matthew W. Meskell; Stanford Law Review, Vol. 51, 1999
Subjects: Prison reformers--History, Prisons--History, Rehabilitation of criminals--History, United States history--1783-1865
...94. (141.) See David J. Rothman, Perfecting the Prison: United States, 1789-1865, in THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE PRISON, supra note 104, at...LYNDE DIX, REMARKS ON PRISONS AND PRISON DISCIPLINE IN THE UNITED STATES 16 (1845). (155.) See id. at 23. (156.) See DAVID J...
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Power, the Presidency, and the Preamble: Interpretive Essays on Selected Presidents of the United States
Journal article by Robert J. Spitzer; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 32, 2002
Subjects: Power, the Presidency, and the Preamble: Interpretive Essays on Selected Presidents of the United States (Book)
...Essays on Selected Presidents of the United States by Robert J. Spitzer...that end, Saunders examines seven presidents--Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln...them spend time on prepresidential biography, yet it is not clear why, since the...goals was designed for the entire government, not just the presidency--a fact that...
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The Discourse of Law in Time of War: Politics and Professionalism during the Civil War and Reconstruction
Journal article by Norman W. Spaulding; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 46, 2005
Subjects: American Reconstruction, 1865-1877--Influence, Civil war--Influence, Postwar reconstruction--Influence, Practice of law--Management
...is revolution, thus far. The authorities of the United States compelled the surrender of what has been known as a State...requirements of the Constitution, is not only all that the United States can require, but all that they can have under the...
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Watershed Years for Tourism: The Visitors' List Includes Presidents and Royalty. Britain's Princesses Margaret and Alexandra, Former United States President Bill Clinton and His Wife Hilary Have Visited. the British Royal Princes Are Regular Visitors. Botswana's Tourist Hotspots Shine as Brightly as Any of Its Diamonds
Magazine article; African Business, December 2005
Subjects: Botswana--Economic aspects, Tourism--Growth, Tourism--Services, Travel industry--Growth, Travel industry--Services
...Tourism: The Visitors List Includes Presidents and Royalty. Britains Princesses Margaret and Alexandra, Former United States President Bill Clinton and His Wife...Mma* Ramotswe has featured in a BBC biography of McCall Smith and a full length...shops, an art gallery and museum, government offices and the business district...
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Humanist Profile: Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady, United States of America (1933-1945)
Magazine article; The Humanist, Vol. 65, September 2005
Subjects: First ladies--Biography, Presidents--Biography, Presidents--Wives, Roosevelt, Eleanor--Biography
Humanist Profile: Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady, United States of America (1933-1945). "I would not judge a character...Kennedy in 1960, who later appointed her as head of the Presidents Commission on the Status of Women. As a long-time friend...
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A Culture of Performance: A Century Ago, the United States Confidently Predicted the Arrival of Its Answer to Beethoven or Wagner. Now, Abandoned to a Brutal Market Place, American Classical Music Is in Crisis
Magazine article by Joseph Horowitz; New Statesman, Vol. 134, May 16, 2005
Subjects: Civilization--Evaluation, Culture--Evaluation, Politics and culture--Influence, Politics--Influence, Presidential elections--Influence, Presidents--Elections, Presidents--Influence
A Culture of Performance: A Century Ago, the United States Confidently Predicted the Arrival of Its Answer to Beethoven...Higginsons, Stokowskis and Sarnoffs of today? In his 2002 biography of Bill Clinton, the political analyst Joe Klein wrote...
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The Colfax Riot: Stumbling on a Forgotten Reconstruction Tragedy, in a Forgotten Corner of Louisiana
Magazine article by Richard Rubin; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 292, July 2003
Subjects: American Reconstruction, 1865-1877--History, Colfax, Louisiana--Description and travel, Colfax, Louisiana--History, Riots--History
...bloodiest single instance of racial violence in the Reconstruction era in all of the United States. Disputes over the 1872...
5.
How the United States Reversed Its Policy on Bombing Civilians
Magazine article by Sherwood Ross; The Humanist, Vol. 65, July 2005
Subjects: Atrocities, Bombings, Civilian casualties, Civilians--Crimes against, Military policy, United States--Military policy, War crimes, World War II, 1939-1945
...shown in the United States Army Air...humanitarian hopes of our government...strategic, or area, bombings by the United States got another push from Churchill...city center--the heart of German government and an area of high population...aerial bombardment, the fascist governments of Germany, Italy, and Japan must...too, must Great Britain and the United States. Their leaders wouldnt have lied...
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U.S. Lacked Plan for Rebuilding Iraq, Report Says; Reconstruction Efforts Hindered
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 28, 2006
Subjects: Postwar reconstruction
...State Department official as saying: "We have no contemporary doctrine for occupying another country." The Pentagon did not name someone to head the reconstruction effort (then called the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance) until January 2003, just two months before the March invasion. Retired Army Lt. Gen. Jay Garner said he was not able to start staffing the organization until February. When...
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55th Anniversary of the Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, July 18, 2007
Subjects: Postwar reconstruction
...but also to defuse the peoples restiveness. Chinas reconstruction program attracted international attention. A brainchild...number of distinctive features. It was the first non-government organization in the country committed to the cause...
3.
Webb Lauds Freshman Power; Democrats to Pitch Panel to Track Reconstruction
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 17, 2007
Subjects: Electioneering--Political aspects, Political campaigns--Political aspects, Political parties--Political aspects, Postwar reconstruction--Political aspects, United States. Department of Homeland Security--Political activity
...one independent to propose a new version of World War IIs Truman Committee. The new commission would account for how reconstruction and contracting money is being spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and would examine the role of private contractors...
4.
Al-Maliki Calls Iraq 'Front Line' in War on Terror; Asks U.S. to Stay, Seeks More Reconstruction Aid
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 27, 2006
Subjects: Postwar reconstruction--Political aspects
...Line in War on Terror; Asks U.S. to Stay, Seeks More Reconstruction Aid. Byline: Sharon Behn, THE WASHINGTON TIMES...families at a lunch at Fort Belvoir that it was in the United States interest for Iraq to succeed and suggested he would...
5.
Reconstruction of Iraq to Cost $7.3 Billion This Year; Administration Refuses to Make Longer-Term Projections
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 30, 2003
Subjects: Bolten, Joshua
...that would be taken to improve reconstruction efforts and emphasized the administrations...yesterday that, subject to further government approvals, seven airlines could schedule flights between the United States and Iraq. Three other airlines...
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1.
Johnson, Andrew
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Presidency On Apr. 15, 1865, following Lincolns assassination, Johnson took the oath of office as President. His Reconstruction program (and he insisted that Reconstruction was an executive, not a legislative, function) was based on the theory...
2.
Reconstruction
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and J. H. Cox, Reconstruction, the Negro, and the New South (1973). See also E. L. McKitrick, Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction (1960, repr. 1988); R. N. Current, Those Terrible Carpetbaggers: A Reinterpretation (1989); E. Foner, Reconstruction...
3.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION (RFC), former U.S. government agency, created in 1932 by the administration of Herbert Hoover...administrations of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It financed the construction and operation of war plants, made loans to foreign governments, provided protection against war and disaster damages, and engaged in numerous other activities. In 1939 the RFC merged...
4.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT (IBRD), independent specialized agency of...IFC; est. 1956), which invests in private enterprises without government guarantee. The IFC has 181 member nations. The bank organized...
5.
South Carolina
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...apologists for slavery, notably Robert B. Rhett, equaled the most radical abolitionists in their zeal. Civil War and Reconstruction After Lincolns election South Carolina was the first state to secede (Dec. 20, 1860) from the Union. Gov. Francis...
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