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John F. Coleman (au). Discusses the Common. of PA between the Mexican & the Civil Wars. In that era, PA & her citizens played a role which was always influential & occasionally decisive. Contents: The Common. Between Two Wars; Political Antecedents, 1828-1848; Whiggery Triumphant, 1848; Resurgence of the Democracy, 1849-1851; Native Sons & Dark Horses, 1852; Collapse of the Two-Party System, 1853-1855; PA Picks a Pres., 1856; The Old Order Changeth, 1857-1859; The Disruption of the Democracy, 1860; & Looking Backward. Appendices: PA Population, 1850; Party Preference by County, 1836-1852; Democratic Party Org., 1853; Votes for Governor, 1848, 1851, 1854, 1857, & 1860; & Votes for Presidential Electors, 1848, 1852, 1856, & 1860. Illus.
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