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James Buchanan during the administrations of Lincoln and Johnson

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Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Date of Publication
1939
horrors of civil war. May we hope, sir, that our prayer offered here at Wheatland, offered in the presence of one, who, when in power, did not lend his countenance to the shedding of fraternal blood,—may be heard and granted. "Sir, this nation owes you a debt of gratitude—posterity will pay it to your
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Responsibility
by Philip G. Auchampaugh, Ph.D.
Author
Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1939
Physical Description
[67]-110 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 43, no. 3
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.
Johnson, Andrew, - 1808-1875.
United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 43, number 3 (1939), p. 67-110Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.43
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Thaddeus Stevens : Scourge of the South

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Call Number
923.2 S846aL
Responsibility
compiled by William A. Allison.
Physical Description
3 v. : ill. ; 30cm.
Notes
Three volumes of clippings and photographs relating to Thaddeus Stevens, his enemies, and the impeachment managers for the trial of Andrew Johnson.
Subjects
Bingham, John Armor, - 1815-1900.
Blair, Montgomery, - 1813-1883.
Bontwell, George Sewall, - 1818-1905.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1861.
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, - 1818-1893.
Johnson, Andrew, - 1808-1875.
McClellan, George B., - 1826-1885.
Smith, Lydia Hamilton, - 1813-1884.
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
Williams, Thomas, - 1806-1872.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846aL
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Life of George Mifflin Dallas, vice president of the United States: Prepared and published in Sepember, 1844, by the Democratic Committee of Publication, John K. Kane, et al

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Edition
Extended to the present time, and reprinted Nov. 1847.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
815 P769 # 40
Edition
Extended to the present time, and reprinted Nov. 1847.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia [Pa.]
Publisher
Times and Keystone Job Office,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
20 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Life of George M. Dallas, vice president of the United States.
In: Political Speeches.
Subjects
Dallas, George Mifflin, - 1792-1864.
United States. - Congress. - Senate - Biography.
Vice-Presidents - United States - Biography.
Legislators - United States - Biography.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Kane, John K.
Additional Corporate Author
Democratic Party (U.S.). Committee of Publication.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
815 P769 # 40
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The presidents' war : six American presidents and the Civil War that divided them

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Author
DeRose, Chris
Date of Publication
2014.
Call Number
973.7092 D437d
Responsibility
Chris DeRose.
ISBN
9780762796649
0762796642
Author
DeRose, Chris
Place of Publication
Guilford, Connecticut
Publisher
Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press,
Date of Publication
2014.
Physical Description
xii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-366) and index.
Summary
Tells the story of how five ex-presidents--for and against Abraham Lincoln (but mostly against)--maneuvered, seceded, plotted, advised and aided during the Civil War while Lincoln navigated the minefield they created.
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865 - Adversaries.
Lincoln, Abraham - (1809-1865).
Buchanan, James - (1791-1868).
Ex-presidents - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7092 D437d
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The worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens : place, personality, and politics in the Civil War era

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Date of Publication
[2019]
Call Number
973.68 B619
Responsibility
edited by Michael J. Birkner, Randall M. Miller, and John W. Quist.
ISBN
9780807170816 (cloth : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Baton Rouge
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press,
Date of Publication
[2019]
Physical Description
xiv, 279 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Series
Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : possessing the power : the role of force in James Buchanan's Caribbean policy / Amy S. Greenberg -- The bachelor's mess : James Buchanan and the domestic politics of doughfacery in Jacksonian America / Thomas J. Balcerski -- Stephen A. Douglas, free-soiler : a counterfactual analysis of party reformation in the 1850s / Douglas R. Egerton -- "General Jackson is dead" : dissecting a popular anecdote of nineteenth-century party leadership / Matthew Pinsker -- "Buck all over" : James Buchanan and a trail of broken relationships / William P. MacKinnon -- Slavery and the breakup of the Democratic Party in the North : a battle of ideas and organization / Frank Towers -- Friends and outliers : Varina Davis, James Buchanan, and gender relations in Antebellum Washington / Joan E. Cashin -- "Like the baseless fabric of a vision" : Thaddeus Stevens and confiscation reconsidered / John David Smith -- "Eastern and Western empire" : Thaddeus Stevens and the greater Reconstruction / Michael Green -- A conversation with Bruce Levine and James Oakes : moderated by Randall M. Miller.
Summary
"The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era's most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were bachelors. During the 1850s, James Buchanan tried to keep the Democratic Party alive as the slavery debate divided his peers and the political system. Thaddeus Stevens, meanwhile, as Whig turned Republican, invested in the federal government to encourage economic development and social reform, especially antislavery and Republican Reconstruction"--
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Political and social views.
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868 - Political and social views.
Legislators - United States - Biography.
Politicians - United States - Biography.
United States - History - 1815-1861.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 19th century.
Additional Author
Birkner, Michael J.,
Miller, Randall M.,
Quist, John W.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.68 B619
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Lincoln : a life of purpose and power

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Author
Carwardine, Richard.
Edition
1st American ed.
Date of Publication
2006.
Call Number
923.173 L736c
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Responsibility
Richard Carwardine.
ISBN
1400044561
9781400044566
Author
Carwardine, Richard.
Edition
1st American ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf,
Date of Publication
2006.
Physical Description
xv, 394 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
Originally published: London : Pearson Education, 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-360) and index.
Contents
1. Inner power : Lincoln's ambition and political vision, 1809-54 -- Ambition -- Political vision -- Moral crisis : 1854 -- The religious roots of moral power -- 2. The power of opinion : Lincoln : the Illinois public and the new political order, 1854-58 -- Lincoln, democratic politics and public opinion -- Illinois public opinion and the anti-Nebraska fusion movement -- The senatorial campaign of 1858 -- 3. The power of party : winning the presidency, 1858-60 -- Presidential ambition : Lincoln, his party and the road to the Decatur convention -- The Republican presidential nomination -- The 1860 presidential campaign : the power of a righteous party -- 4. Confronting the limits of power : from president-elect to war president, 1860-61 -- In the antechamber to power : holding the party line -- From Springfield to Sumter : building a united front -- Strategies for 'a people's war' -- 'What shall I do? The people are impatient ... ' -- 5. The purposes of power : evolving objectives, 1861-65 -- Reading the public -- 'Every indispensable means' : toward the Emancipation Proclamation -- Faith and purposes -- Faithfulness of purpose : emancipation, reconstruction and black citizenship -- 6. The instruments of power : coercion and voluntary mobilization, 1861-65 -- Coercion, repression and executive power -- Popular mobilization : the 'power of the right word' and the agency of party -- Popular mobilization : churches and philanthropic organizations -- The Union army as a moral force -- The election of 1864 : 'the second birth of our nation' -- 7. Conclusion : power in death -- Chronology of Lincoln's life.
Summary
A portrait of America's sixteenth president follows Lincoln's life and career during his rise to political power and his years in the White House, arguing that he looked beyond the political system to find support in his struggle to end slavery.
Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865.
Presidents - United States - Biography.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 L736c
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Thaddeus Stevens and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson

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Author
Trefousse, Hans Louis
Date of Publication
1999.
Responsibility
by Hans L. Trefousse.
Author
Trefousse, Hans Louis
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society ,
Date of Publication
1999.
Physical Description
50-63 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.101, no. 2.
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
Johnson, Andrew, - 1808-1875 - Impeachment.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 101, number 2 (1999), p. 50-63Lancaster History Library - Journal974.815 L224 v. 101
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The life of Thaddeus Stevens; a study in American political history, especially in the period of the civil war and reconstruction

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Author
Woodburn, James Albert,
Date of Publication
[c1913]
Call Number
923.2 S846wo
Responsibility
by James Albert Woodburn.
Author
Woodburn, James Albert,
Place of Publication
Indianapolis
Publisher
The Bobbs-Merrill company
Date of Publication
[c1913]
Physical Description
620 p. illus. 21 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
United States - Politics and government - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846wo
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The selected papers of Thaddeus Stevens

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Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Date of Publication
c1997-
Call Number
923.2 S846pb
Responsibility
Beverly Wilson Palmer, editor ; Holly Byers Ochoa, associate editor.
ISBN
082293972X (v. 1 : alk. paper)
Author
Stevens, Thaddeus,
Uniform Title
Selections.
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press,
Date of Publication
c1997-
Physical Description
v. <1 > : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
v. 1. January 1814-March 1865.--v. 2. April 1865-August 1868.
Subjects
Reconstruction
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861 - Sources.
United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865 - Sources.
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1869 - Sources.
Additional Author
Palmer, Beverly Wilson,
Ochoa, Holly Byers,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846pb
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Worst. President. Ever. : James Buchanan, the POTUS rating game, and the legacy of the least of the lesser presidents

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Author
Strauss, Robert,
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
923.173 B918str
Responsibility
Robert Strauss.
ISBN
9781493024834
1493024833
Author
Strauss, Robert,
Place of Publication
Guilford, Connecticut
Publisher
Lyons Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield,
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
xiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introducing the worst. President. Ever -- The Young Buck -- Up from Lancaster -- The man who would be president, again and again -- The election of 1856: the most consequential in American history -- The worst presidency begins -- The middle Buchanan presidency: hardly better -- Mr. Buchanan's War -- The legacy of the least of the lesser presidents.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States - Biography.
Politics and government.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918str
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