Two Against Lincoln : Reverdy Johnson and Horatio Seymour, Champions of the Loyal Opposition / William C. Harris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harris, William C. (William Charles), 1933- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politicians--United States--Biography.

Politicians.

Unionists (United States Civil War)--Biography.

Unionists (United States Civil War).

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Political aspects.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Democratic Party (U.S.)--Biography.

Democratic Party (U.S.).

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Adversaries.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886.

Seymour, Horatio.

Johnson, Reverdy, 1796-1876.

Johnson, Reverdy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2017.

Summary:

The book is an account of two influential opponents of Lincoln and the Republicans during the Civil War era, Revardy Johnson, conservative Unionist senator of Maryland, and Horatio Seymour, Democrat governor of New York during the Civil War and presidential candidate in 1868.

Contents:

Part I. Reverdy Johnson: conservative unionist

Defender of the republic and the Constitution

Johnson and Lincoln: a fragile collaboration

Civil War senator and Lincoln nemesis

After the war: Republican adversary

Part II. Horatio Seymour: Democratic leader

Seymour and Lincoln: the early sparring

A thorn in Lincoln's side, 1863

Democratic champion, 1864

Reconstruction dissident and presidential candidate

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780700624133

0700624139

OCLC:

980241974