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100 1 $aJellison, Charles A.$q(Charles Albert),$d1924-
245 00 $aFessenden of Maine, Civil War Senator.
260 0 $aSyracuse, N.Y.,$bSyracuse University Press$c[1962]
300 $avi., 294 p.$bplates, ports.$c24 cm.
504 $aBibliography: p. 274-284.
505 0 $aThe bar sinister -- Getting set in law and politics -- Also Kent and Fessenden -- Mr. Fessenden takes his seat -- Portland again : an interlude -- Back from Elba -- Storm over Kansas-Nebraska -- Senator Fessenden, Republican -- Kansas again, and rising Republicanism -- Senator Fessenden on the eve of conflict -- Fessenden at war -- Impatience and preparations -- Senator Fessenden speaks his mind -- The emergence of a moderate -- Secretary of the treasury -- Chairman of the joint committee -- "Captain of the obstructives" -- Senator Fessenden takes his stand -- The final reckoning.
520 $a"Entering the Senate during the convulsive Kansas-Nebraska debate, William Pitt Fessenden rose to a place of leadership among that small band of anti-Nebraska Congressmen who then swung their support to the infant Republican party. Until his death in 1869 Senator Fessenden occupied a commanding position in national councils, where his powerful intellect, mastery in debate, and unquestioned integrity caused him to be considered by many of his colleagues as the foremost legislator of his day."--Preface.
600 10 $aFessenden, William Pitt,$d1806-1869.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aJellison, Charles A. (Charles Albert), 1924-$tFessenden of Maine, Civil War Senator.$dSyracuse, N.Y., Syracuse University Press [1962]$w(OCoLC)559279120
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