Statistics for occurrence #1 of “David Tod” in chapter 32 of John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History:
...in the months of friction which preceded this culmination, he had used a threat to resign as means to carry some point in controversy.
Mr. Lincoln, on accepting his resignation, sent the name of David Tod of Ohio to the Senate as his successor; but, receiving a telegram from Mr. Tod declining on the plea of ill health, substituted that of William Pitt Fessenden, chairman of the Senate Committee on Fi...
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| † | David Tod | 73 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
| David Tod Patterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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