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T. Butler King of Georgia Edward Steel, Matthew Gordon, Matthew Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Steel, Edward M., author.
- Gordon, Matthew (Matthew Jeffrey), author of foreword.
- Series:
- Georgia Open History Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- King, T. Butler (Thomas Butler), 1800-1864.
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
- Legislators.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource xii, 204 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- University of Georgia Press 1964
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2021.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- T. Butler King of Georgia documents the life of Georgia politician and planter T. Butler King. Originally from Palmer, Massachusetts, King moved to coastal Georgia, where he got involved with politics and public life. T. Butler King of Georgia explores King's political achievements, including his experience as a Georgia state senator, his promotion of internal improvements, and his appointment as President Zachary Taylor's special agent to California. The Georgia Open History Library has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this collection, do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Contents:
- A fortunate young man
- Promoter of the Port of Brunswick
- Apprentice days
- A gentleman from Georgia
- The Whig veteran
- Appointments and compensations
- California : land of opportunity
- The gilded age : a preview
- Retreat in the fifties
- Return to the wars
- A Confederate in Europe
- The last battle.
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8203-6100-3
- OCLC:
- 1268931603
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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