Lincoln and the Patronage / Reinhard H. Luthin, Harry J. Carman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carman, Harry J., author.

Luthin, Reinhard H., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1943]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Describes the extent of Lincoln's use of patronage during his administration and the influence it had before, during, and after the Civil War.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Illustrations

I. Facing the Ordeal

II. Lincoln Forms his Cabinet

III. To the Victors

IV. The Diplomatic and Consular Appointments

V. Nepotism, Journalistic Rewards, and Cabinet Changes

VI. Contracts and Commissions

VII. The Judiciary and the Marshalships

VIII. Patronage and the Slave States

IX. Federal Officeholders and the Renomination of Lincoln

X. Patronage and the Election of 1864

XI. The Last Months: Finished and Unfinished Business

XII. In Summary and Retrospect

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88565-2

OCLC:

1100450900