The life of Thomas Brackett Reed
By: by Samuel W. McCall
Edition: Large paper edition
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1914
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Table of contents: title: I. Boyhood and youth; title: II. College; title: III. The navy; title: V. The potter investigation; title: VI. Reed's second congress; title: VII. The Greenback issue ; Relations with Blaine; title: VIII. Winning leadership ; Suffrage for women ; Geneva award distributions; title: X. Nomination for speaker; title: XI. Social life ; Diversions; title: XII. Rules ; The Mills bill; title: XIII. Speaker ; The quorum; title: XIV. The Sherman silver-purchase bill; title: XV. Again minority leader ; Relations with President Harrison XVI. Silver-purchase repeal; title: XVII. The Wilson bill; title: XVIII. The quorum ruling vindicated ; The Morgan gold contract; title: XIX. The second speakership; title: XX. War; title: The Philippines; title: XXI. Writing ; Wit ; Characteristics as a leader and debater; title: XXII. Law practice ; Bowdoin speech.