The Cabinet Politician : The Postmasters General 1829-1909 / Dorothy Ganfield Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, Dorothy Ganfield, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the position of the Postmaster General from 1829-1909 as a political advisor to the President of the United States.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

I . ENTRANCE INTO THE CABINET

II . THE FIRST POLITICAL STRATEGIST

III. REPRESENTATIVES OF PARTY FACTIONS

IV. PERSONAL CAMPAIGN MANAGERS

V. LOCAL DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS

VI. A "JACKSONIAN" REPUBLICAN

VII. FIRST NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

VIII. POLITICIANS VERSUS REFORMERS

IX. POLITICIANS AS FIRST ASSISTANTS

X. DEMOCRATIC GENTLEMAN LAWYERS

XI. A REPUBLICAN BUSINESS MAN

XII. A LAW PARTNER AND A " LAM E DUCK."

XIII. A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRESS

XIV. A NATIONAL COMMITTEE VICE CHAIRMAN

XV. NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN

APPENDIX: POSTMASTER REMOVALS

MANUSCRIPTS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

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

ISBN:

0-231-89238-1

OCLC:

1100453751