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Boss rule in the gilded age : Matt Quay of Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3114
Author
Kehl, James A.
Date of Publication
1981.
Call Number
923.2 Q2k
Responsibility
James A. Kehl.
ISBN
0822934264
Author
Kehl, James A.
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press,
Date of Publication
1981.
Physical Description
xx, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes index. The author was a professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh.
Bibliography: p. 281-289.
Summary
Matt Quay was called "the ablest politician this country has ever produced." He served as a United States senator representing Pennsylvania from 1887 to 1904. His career as a Republican Party boss, however, spanned nearly half a century, during which numerous governors and one president owed their election success to his political skills. James A. Kehl was given the first public access to Quay's own papers, and herein presents the inside story of this controversial man who was considered a political Robin Hood for his alleged bribe-taking, misappropriations of funds, and concern for the underprivileged-yet he emerged as the most powerful member of the Republican Party in his state. [from the publisher]
Subjects
Quay, Matthew Stanley, - 1833-1904.
United States. - Congress. - Senate - Biography.
Legislators - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1865-1900.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 Q2k
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Senators of the United States, a historical bibliography a compilation of works by and about members of the United States, 1789-1995

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1694
Author
Quatannens, Jo Anne McCormick,
Date of Publication
1995
Call Number
016.973 Q2
Responsibility
compiled by Jo Anne McCormick Quatannens
Author
Quatannens, Jo Anne McCormick,
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Date of Publication
1995
Physical Description
xi, 356 p. 28 cm.
Subjects
United States. - Congress. - Senate - Bibliography.
Legislators - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
016.973 Q2
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Thaddeus Stevens : nineteenth-century egalitarian

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Author
Trefousse, Hans Louis.
Date of Publication
1997.
Call Number
923.2 S846t
Responsibility
Hans L. Trefousse.
ISBN
080782335X (cloth : alk. paper)
Author
Trefousse, Hans Louis.
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication
1997.
Physical Description
xiii, 312 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series
Civil War America
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-300) and index.
Summary
"One of the most controversial figures in nineteenth-century American history, Thaddeus Stevens is best remembered for his role as congressional leader of the radical Republicans and as a chief architect of Reconstruction. Long painted by historians as a vindictive 'dictator of Congress,' out to punish the South at the behest of big business and his own ego, Stevens receives a more balanced treatment in Hans L. Trefousse's biography, which portrays him as an impassioned orator and a leader in the struggle against slavery. Trefousse traces Stevens's career through its major phases: from his days in the Pennsylvania state legislature, when he antagonized Freemasons, slaveholders, and Jacksonian Democrats, to his political involvement during Reconstruction, when he helped author the Fourteenth Amendment and spurred on the passage of the Reconstruction Acts and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson. Throughout, Trefousse explores the motivations for Stevens's lifelong commitment to racial equality, thus furnishing a fuller portrait of the man whose fervent opposition to slavery helped move his more moderate congressional colleagues toward the implementation of egalitarian policies."
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
United States. - Congress. - House - Biography.
Legislators - United States
United States - History - 1849-1877.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.2 S846t
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