Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-248) and index.
Contents:
Mangum and the old Republicans -- Young old Republican: the Crawford men, Andrew Jackson's revolution, and the U.S. Senate -- The beginning of opposition: states' rights and the anti-Van Buren party -- The Whig opposition: states' rights and the Senate -- The revolution of 1840: from states' rights Whigs to Clay Whigs -- The Whig ascendancy: Whig principles and Clay Whigs -- The end of the Whig ascendancy.
Summary:
"From his election in 1824, Willie Mangum was at the epicenter of national and state government. In the 1830s, he emerged as leader of an opposition party--the Whigs--and became an opponent of Andrew Jackson. This book traces their rapid rise to power and their even more rapid fall in the years prior to the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
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