William Almon Wheeler
Subtitle: political star of the north country
By: Herbert C. Hallas
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781438448121
Subjects: Politics and government; United States; Legislators; Vice-Presidents; United States. Congress. House; Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references(pages 323-331)and index.
Table of contents: title: Tragedy in Malone; title: The making of a "cultivated" man; title: Love and the new district attorney; title: "Here lies an honest man"; title: "Old hunkerism" is dead; title: A "mere act of justice"; title: "Grinding" it out in Albany; title: A pen "dipped in gall"; title: An early morning knock on the door; title: Suddenly, a "junior partner"; title: A sporting gentleman gets the itch; title: "True to our trust, true to ourselves, and true to the truth"; title: "Ho! For California"; title: Spreading "law, order, population, industry and wealth"; title: "Common justice" for the south; title: Returning the salary grab; title: No "unproductive and useless park"; title: An "earnest champion of the right"; title: The "New York Lincoln"; title: "God's hand is in this work"; title: "Hayes the true and Wheeler, too!"; title: "As righteous as an edict of God"; title: "A wild and joyous time"; title: The frozen snake and the "greatest of humbugs"; title: "The machine always slaughters its new converts"; title: Delivering a "paroxysm of partisan fury"; title: U.S. Senate election round one: the double-cross; title: U.S. Senate election round two: caught in a crossfire; title: "Distressing malady of my bladder"; title: Negotiating "simple justice"; title: Epilogue: from "sterling gold" to neurotic timidity.