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Two against Lincoln : Reverdy Johnson and Horatio Seymour : champions of the loyal opposition
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The book is an account of two influential opponents of Lincoln and the Republicans during the Civil War era, Revardy Johnson, conservative Unionist senator of Maryland, and Horatio Seymour, Democra...
The book is an account of two influential opponents of Lincoln and the Republicans during the Civil War era, Revardy Johnson, conservative Unionist senator of Maryland, and Horatio Seymour, Democrat governor of New York during the Civil War and presidential candidate in 1868.
Details
- Creator
- William C. Harris
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2017
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780700624133, 0700624139, 9780700624126, 0700624120
- OCLC
- ocn980241974
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Part I. Reverdy Johnson: conservative unionist -- Defender of the republic and the Constitution -- Johnson and Lincoln: a fragile collaboration -- Civil War senator and Lincoln nemesis -- After the war: Republican adversary -- Part II. Horatio Seymour: Democratic leader -- Seymour and Lincoln: the early sparring -- A thorn in Lincoln's side, 1863 -- Democratic champion, 1864 -- Reconstruction dissident and presidential candidate -- Conclusions
Subjects
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Adversaries.
- Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886.
- Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876.
- Democratic Party (U.S.) -- Biography.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Political aspects.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
- Politicians -- United States -- Biography.
- Unionists (United States Civil War) -- Biography.