Statistics for occurrence #1 of “John Sherman” in chapter 10 of John G. Nicolay, A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln, condensed from Nicolay and Hayes' Abraham Lincoln: A History:
...ant than these formulated doctrines was the pro-slavery spirit manifested in the congressional debates.
Two months were wasted in a parliamentary struggle to prevent the election of the Republican, John Sherman , as Speaker of the House of Representatives, because the Southern members charged that he had recommended an abolition book; during which time the most sensational and violent threats of disunion we...
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