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Democracy's lawyer : Felix Grundy of the Old Southwest / J. Roderick Heller III.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heller, J. Roderick (John Roderick), 1937-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grundy, Felix, 1777-1840.
- Grundy, Felix.
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- History.
- Friends and associates.
- Lawyers.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.
- Lawyers--Southwest, Old--Biography.
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845--Friends and associates.
- Jackson, Andrew.
- Attorneys general--United States--Biography.
- Attorneys general.
- Southwest, Old--Biography.
- Southwest, Old.
- Tennessee--Biography.
- Tennessee.
- Kentucky--Biography.
- Kentucky.
- United States--History--1783-1865--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 357 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- pt. I. Frontier roots. The Great Road
- The dark and bloody ground
- Education on the frontier
- pt. II. Kentucky. Felix Grundy, Esquire
- Political beginnings
- Circuit court reform
- Grundy and Clay
- Chief justice
- Greenville Springs
- pt. III. Tennessee. Tennessee and Congress
- War hawk
- Congress at war
- Return to Nashville
- Criminal lawyer
- The panic of 1819
- Legislative leadership
- pt. IV. Jacksonian. Andrew Jackson for president
- Election to the Senate
- Jacksonian senator
- Nullification
- Reelection
- Land and slavery
- Battles with the Whigs
- Attorney General
- Twilight
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807135884
- 0807135887
- OCLC:
- 428731355
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