Fifty Years of Public Service Personal Recollections of Shelby M. Cullom, Senior United States Senator from Illinois

About this eBook

Author

Cullom, Shelby M. (Shelby Moore), 1829-1914

Credits

Produced by Ed Ferris

Language

English

LoC Class

E660: History: America: Late nineteenth century (1865-1900)

Subject

Illinois -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950

Category

Text

eBook-No.

23097

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23097

Release Date

October 20, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FIFTY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE — FIFTY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE — LIST OF PORTRAITS — FOREWORD — FIFTY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE — CHAPTER II SERVICE AS CITY ATTORNEY AT SPRINGFIELD 1855 and 1856 — CHAPTER III ELECTION TO THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE: LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES 1856 to 1858 — CHAPTER IV OTHER DISTINGUISHED CHARACTERS OF THAT DAY 1858 and 1859 — CHAPTER V NOMINATION OF LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS FOR THE PRESIDENCY 1859 and 1860 — CHAPTER VI SPEAKER OF THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE AND A MEMBER OF CONGRESS 1860 to 1865 — CHAPTER VII LINCOLN 1860 to 1864 — CHAPTER VIII NOTABLES IN THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS 1864 to 1870 — CHAPTER IX THE IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON 1865 — CHAPTER X SPEAKER OF THE LEGISLATURE, AND GOVERNOR 1871 to 1883 — CHAPTER XI GRANT — CHAPTER XII GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN — CHAPTER XIII GENERAL JOHN M. PALMER — CHAPTER XIV GOVERNOR RICHARD J. OGLESBY — CHAPTER XV SENATORIAL CAREER 1883 to 1911 — CHAPTER XVI CLEVELAND'S FIRST TERM 1884 to 1887 — CHAPTER XVII CLEVELAND'S DEFEAT AND HARRISON'S FIRST TERM 1888 to 1891 — CHAPTER XVIII CLEVELAND'S SECOND TERM 1892 to 1896 — CHAPTER XIX McKINLEY'S PRESIDENCY 1896 to 1901 — CHAPTER XX ROOSEVELT'S PRESIDENCY 1901 to 1909 — CHAPTER XXI INTERSTATE COMMERCE — CHAPTER XXII JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN — CHAPTER XXIII MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS — CHAPTER XXIV WORK OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS — CHAPTER XXV THE INTEROCEANIC CANAL — CHAPTER XXVI SANTO DOMINGO'S FISCAL AFFAIRS — CHAPTER XXVII DIPLOMATIC AGREEMENTS BY PROTOCOL. — CHAPTER XXVIII ARBITRATION — CHAPTER XXIX TITLES AND DECORATIONS FROM FOREIGN POWERS — CHAPTER XXX ISLE OF PINES, DANISH WEST INDIES, AND ALGECIRAS — CHAPTER XXXI CONGRESS UNDER THE TAFT ADMINISTRATION — CHAPTER XXXII LINCOLN CENTENNIAL: LINCOLN LIBRARY — CHAPTER XXXIII CONSECUTIVE ELECTIONS TO UNITED STATES SENATE — CHAPTER XXXIV CONCLUSION

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