| Author | Mach, Thomas S., 1966-
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| Title | "Gentleman George" Hunt Pendleton : party politics and ideological identity in nineteenth-century America / Thomas S. Mach.
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| Published | Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2007.
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| Description | ix, 307 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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| ISBN | 978-0-87338-913-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0-87338-913-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-302) and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: The early years -- The young politician from Cincinnati -- The tortuous course : Pendleton and the peace Democrats -- Pendleton the obstructionist -- From victory came defeat -- Pendleton and party unity : the Ohio idea -- The Great Railroad Case and the road to the Senate -- "Kicking against the goads" : Pendleton and civil service reform -- Minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary of the United States to Germany.
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| Subjects | Civil service reform -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Democratic Party (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Diplomats -- United States -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1787-1865.
Ohio -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Pendleton, George H. (George Hunt), 1825-1889.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1883.
United States. Congress. -- Biography.
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| LC Card Number | 2007-21839 |
| Call Number/Copies | |
| | WRHS Research Library: E 415.9 P398 M14
mq235774: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 142157] |
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