Thomas Hart Benton, American Statesmen Series

About this eBook

Author

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Title

Thomas Hart Benton

Credits

Produced by Julia Neufeld, Curtis Weyant and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858

Category

Text

eBook-No.

37656

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37656

Release Date

October 7, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.American Statesmen — American Statesmen — THOMAS HART BENTON — BY
2. 2.THEODORE ROOSEVELT
3. 3.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII. — CHAPTER IX. — CHAPTER X. — CHAPTER XI. — CHAPTER XII. — CHAPTER XIII. — CHAPTER XIV. — CHAPTER XV.
4. 4.THOMAS HART BENTON.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — THE YOUNG WEST.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — BENTON'S EARLY LIFE AND ENTRY INTO THE SENATE.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — EARLY YEARS IN THE SENATE.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — THE ELECTION OF JACKSON, AND THE SPOILS SYSTEM.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — THE STRUGGLE WITH THE NULLIFIERS.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — JACKSON AND BENTON MAKE WAR ON THE BANK.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SURPLUS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — THE SLAVE QUESTION APPEARS IN POLITICS.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — THE CHILDREN'S TEETH ARE SET ON EDGE.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. — LAST DAYS OF THE JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — THE PRESIDENT WITHOUT A PARTY.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — BOUNDARY TROUBLES WITH ENGLAND.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — THE ABOLITIONISTS DANCE TO THE SLAVE BARONS' PIPING.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — SLAVERY IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — THE LOSING FIGHT.
20. 20.INDEX.
21. 21.American Statesmen — CRITICAL NOTICES. — FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber's Notes:

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