"Gentleman George" Hunt Pendleton : party politics and ideological identity in nineteenth-century America /
Mach, Thomas S.,1966-
Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press,
c2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-302) and index.
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.
Pendleton, George H. (George Hunt), 1825-1889.
United States. Congress
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Legislators
Diplomats
Civil service reform