MCLANE, LOUIS

1786–1857, American statesman, b. Smyrna, Del. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1817–27) and in the Senate (1827–29), resigning to become minister to England (1829–31). He was Secretary of the Treasury (1831–33) in Andrew Jackson's cabinet, but when he refused Jackson's demand to transfer deposits from the Bank of the United States to state banks, he was made Secretary of State (1833–34). President of the Baltimore and Ohio RR (1837–47), he was again (1845–46) minister to England, where he conducted the negotiations to establish the Oregon boundary.

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Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science
Book by Edward Lurie; University of Chicago Press, 1960
Subjects: Agassiz, Louis--1807-1873
LOUIS AGASSIZ: A LIFE IN SCIENCE LOUIS AGASSIZ A LIFE IN SCIENCE BY EDWARD LURIE THE...ALEXANDER LURIE who loved men, ideas, books, and nature PREFACE LOUIS AGASSIZ was a student of nature. This biography seeks to report the...
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Mencken: The American Iconoclast
Book by Marion Elizabeth Rodgers; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Authors, American--20th Century--Biography, Editors--United States--Biography, Journalists--United States--Biography, Mencken, H. L--(Henry Louis)--1880-1956
...19-507238-3 r. Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), r88o-r956. 2. Authors, American-zoth...very few were to come to know I HENRY Louis MENCKEN came into this world in the age...trolley not fifty yards away. For Henry Louis Mencken, the first memories of life were...
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The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton: Based Chiefly upon Original Family Letters and Other Documents, Many of Which Have Never Been Published
Book by Allan McLane Hamilton; Charles Scribners Sons, 1911
Subjects: Hamilton, Alexander--1757-1804
...R. K. Bixby, Esq., of St. Louis, Missouri, as well as others...and valuable help. ALLAN McLANE HAMILTON. NFW YORK, June...was the first person to tell Louis XVI that the Revolution had...begun. At a later period, when Louis was urged to escape to England...
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Spenser's Shepheardes Calender: A Study in Elizabethan Allegory
Book by Paul E. McLane; University of Notre Dame Press, 1961
Subjects: Spenser, Edmund--1552?-1599--Shepheardes calender
...summary of scholarship, cf. Var. , pp. 254, 261-62. 2 Louis S. Friedland, "Spensers Fable of The Oake and the Brere...Elizabeth and Leicester London, 1946 , p. 58. 9 Louis S. Friedland, "A Source of Spensers The Oak and the Briar...
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Romanticism and the Human Sciences: Poetry, Population, and the Discourse of the Species
Book by Maureen N. McLane; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: English Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism, Literature And Anthropology--Great Britain--History--19th Century, Literature And Society--Great Britain--History--19th Century, Population In Literature, Romanticism--Great Britain, Social Problems In Literature, Social Sciences--Great Britain--History--19th Century
...ambivalence. Readers of Deleuze and Guattaris Anti-Oedipus or Louis Althussers Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses may...phrase points, it would seem, to such post-Marxist thinkers as Louis Althusser and Pierre Macherey, the latter of whose book, A...
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"As Dead as Julius Caesar": The Rejection of the McLane-Ocampo Treaty
Journal article by Pearl T. Ponce; Civil War History, Vol. 53, 2007
Subjects: Democratic Party (United States)--International relations, Free trade--Political aspects, Slidell, John--Political activity, United States. Congress. Senate--International relations
...congressional consent. The McLane-Ocampo Treaty was...as Texan senator Louis T. Wigfall, failed...1937), 1137-39. (8.) McLane to Cass, Dec. 14...and Alvy L. King, Louis T. Wigfall: Southern...Politics, 37. (18.) McLane to Cass, Dec. 14...Democracy, 11-18; Louis Sears, John Slidell...
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Roman Mejias: Houston's First Major League Latin Star and the Troubled Legacy of Race Relations in the Lone Star State
Journal article by Ron Briley; Nine, Vol. 10, 2001
Subjects: Baseball (Professional), Baseball players--Behavior, Mejias, Roman--Behavior, Mexican Americans--Texas, Professional baseball, Race relations, Texas
...contest in which the Colts defeated the St. Louis Cardinals by a 4 to 3 margin. Mejias singled...of racism against Astros owner Drayton McLane must be understood. Ron Briley is the...account of the controversy between Drayton McLane and representatives from KTMD-Tv, see...
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Are the Elderly Safe at Home?
Journal article by Anne B. Moss; Journal of Community Health Nursing, Vol. 9, 1992
Subjects: Community Health Nursing
...potential for falling. In A. McLane (Ed.), Classification of...diagnosis (pp. 136-143). St. Louis: Mosby. Johnston, J...Philadelphia: Saunders. McLane, A. (Ed.). ( 1987 ). Classificatio...of nursing diagnoses . St. Louis: Mosby. Milde, F. ( 1988...
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Nursing Diagnosis in Home Care: Audit Tool Development
Journal article by Margo R. Zink; Journal of Community Health Nursing, Vol. 11, 1994
Subjects: Community Health Nursing
...McFarland, A. McLane (Eds.), Classification...pp. 267-273). St. Louis: Mosby. Halloran...McFarland, G., McLane, A. (Eds.). ( 1984...Conference . St. Louis: Mosby. Leavell...McFarland, A. McLane (Eds.), Classification...pp. 402-410). St. Louis: Mosby. Nettle...
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The Politics of Time in Edmund Spenser's English Calendar
Journal article by Alison A. Chapman; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 42, 2002
Subjects: Calendars--16th century, English literature, 1485-1603 (English Renaissance period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Spenser, Edmund--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...ECLife 7 (1982): 1--18. (30.) McLane devotes a chapter to each of...p. 236. (38.) Quoted in Louis Adrian Montrose, "Eliza, Queene...Calender," SSt 1 1980: 69-93. 79). McLane comments that Singleton, one...London, 1597), p. 243. (56.) McLane. p. 60. (57.) Lane writes...
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Then and Now
Magazine article by Carl Sessions Stepp; American Journalism Review, Vol. 21, September 1999
Subjects: American newspapers--Surveys, Newspapers--History
...high-wire life began, "Cynthia Quintana left McLane High School three years ago as a self...and enthusiasm draining away. But then McLane beckoned, again. And Quintana flung herself...000 206,000 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 345,000 312,000...
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New Life Members: The Sierra Club Welcomed the Following New Life Memebers in 2002
Magazine article; Sierra, Vol. 88, May-June 2003
Subjects: Sierra Club--Membership
...Dr. Mrs. Louis K. Jensen...Drew Ledder Janice McLane...Mrs. Henry R. McLane...
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The Passion of the Christ Hits a Home Run
Magazine article by Robert W. Lee; The New American, Vol. 20, May 31, 2004
...the locker room" for a few days after the showing, and owner McLane, obviously pleased with the outcome, told BP that it "seemed...50 guys and their wives show up." Mike Matheny of the St. Louis Cardinals invited not only teammates, but a number of minor...
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Censure Could Be Repeat of History
Magazine article by Timothy W. Maier; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, February 8, 1999
Subjects: Clinton, Bill--Cases, Impeachments--Political aspects, No confidence motions--History
...1832 Jackson ordered Secretary of Treasury Louis McLane to remove all the U.S. deposits. But McLane, fearing that would lead to to an economic collapse, refused. Jackson then fired McLane and hired William J. Duane, who also refused...
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Directory of Summer Programs
Magazine article; American Music Teacher, Vol. 55, February 2006
Subjects: Music teachers--Directories
...klhowell@stthomas.edu; www.stthomas.edu Graduate Musk Education, St. Paul, 7/10-7/21. Featured teachers: Cynthia Lilley and Kathy McLane. Type of participants: Teachers, soloists, ensembles, music educators and independent music teachers. Age or grade level: Elementary...
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Still Waiting at the Plate: Collins' No. Virgina Group Bides Time as Majors Emphasize Franchise Stability
Newspaper article by Thom Loverro; The Washington Times, April 7, 1996
...were excited about the opportunity and well prepared for it." McLanes decision to stay put appears to have closed the window on the...approval for a new ballpark. The Busch family put the St. Louis Cardinals up for sale, and a group purchased the team to keep...
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Obituaries
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 11, 2005
...Survivors include a son, David, of Springfield, and a sister, Mary McLane of San Jose, Calif. The June 18 service will be held at 11...Los Angeles, to Edward and Ruth Bordeau Arnold. She married Louis McComb on June 26, 1939, in Sacramento. He died Oct. 16, 1998...
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Obituaries
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 14, 2005
...puzzles, crocheting, reading Louis LAmour and romance novels, bowling...charge of arrangements. Donald McLane A celebration of life will be June 18 for Donald George McLane of Eugene, who died June 7 of...attack during a hike. He was 55. McLane was born July 30, 1949, in Santa...
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Satellite Pick of the Day
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 12, 2008
...0 Sky Movies Screen 2/2HD, 9.00pm FANTASTIC action as John McLane goes 21st century and battles an evil group of computer hackers...first jazz record to enter the charts, and was described by Louis Armstrong as the UKs top trumpeter. For more than 40 years...
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Montreal Players Keep Eye on D.C
Newspaper article by Thom Loverro; The Washington Times, February 28, 1999
...forward to the Montreal Expos exhibition games against the St. Louis Cardinals at RFK Stadium on April 2 and 3. But with the news...the fall of 1995 after Collins made a deal with owner Drayton McLane. But the Expos have been a struggling franchise for much of...
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Mclane, Louis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MCLANE, LOUIS 1786 1857, American statesman, b. Smyrna, Del. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1817 27) and in the Senate...
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Subtreasury
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...accomplished by the President only with great difficulty, for there was grave doubt as to its constitutionality (see McLane, Louis ; Duane, William John ; Taney, Roger Brooke ). The situation remained somewhat in suspension and debate until a...
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Duane, William John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...legislature and was powerful in state politics. He was appointed Secretary of Treasury by President Jackson to succeed Louis McLane, who was transferred to the Dept. of State because he refused to remove government deposits from the Bank of the United...
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Taney, Roger Brooke
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the United States . Taney wrote much of Jacksons message vetoing (1832) the act that rechartered the bank, and, when Louis McLane and William J. Duane refused to withdraw federal funds from the bank, Taney was appointed (1833) Secretary of the...
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State, United States Department Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the departments organization was clarified and improved, but the first major reorganization was effected by Secretary Louis McLane (1833 34) and Secretary John Forsyth (1834 41). Later, salaries were generally increased, more personnel added to meet...
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