Recollections of Forty Years in the House Volume II

Recollections of Forty Years in the House Volume II

John Sherman, american republican representative and senator from Ohio (1823-1900)


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

-01- ABOUT THIS BOOK

-02- EFFECT OF THE BLAND BILL ON THE COUNTRY

-03- ENACTMENT OF THE BLAND-ALLISON SILVER LAW

-04- SALE OF BONDS FOR RESUMPTION PURPOSES

-05- A SHORT RESPITE FROM OFFICIAL DUTIES

-06- INVESTIGATION OF THE NEW YORK CUSTOMHOUSE

-07- PREPARATIONS FOR RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS

-08- REFUNDING THE NATIONAL DEBT

-09- GENERAL DESIRE TO NOMINATE ME FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO

-10- LAST DAYS OF THE HAYES ADMINISTRATION

-11- THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 1880

-12- MY LAST YEAR IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT

-13- ELECTED TO THE SENATE FOR THE FOURTH TIME

-14- ASSASSINATION OF GARFIELD AND EVENTS FOLLOWING

-15- BEGINNING OF ARTHUR'S ADMINISTRATION

-16- STEPS TOWARDS MUCH NEEDED TARIFF LEGISLATION

-17- EFFECT OF THE MARINE NATIONAL BANK AND OTHER FAILURES

-18- MY PARTICIPATION IN THE CAMPAIGN OF 1884

-19- DEDICATION OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT

-20- REUNION OF THE SHERMAN BRIGADE.

-21- ELECTED PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE

-22- A PERIOD OF POLITICAL SPEECH MAKING

-23- VISIT TO CUBA AND THE SOUTHERN STATES

-24- INDORSED FOR PRESIDENT BY THE OHIO STATE CONVENTION

-25- CLEVELAND'S EXTRAORDINARY MESSAGE TO CONGRESS

-26- REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1888

-27- FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS IN EUROPE

-28- HISTORY OF THE SHERMAN SILVER LAW

-29- EFFORTS TO CONSTRUCT THE NICARAGUAN CANAL

-30- THE CAMPAIGN OF 1890-91 IN OHIO

-31- FREE SILVER AND PROTECTION TO AMERICAN INDUSTRIES

-32- ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE FOR THE SIXTH TIME

-33- SECOND ELECTION OF GROVER CLEVELAND

-34- ATTEMPTS TO STOP THE PURCHASE OF SILVER BULLION

-35- REPEAL OF PART OF THE SHERMAN ACT OF 1890

-36- PASSAGE OF THE WILSON TARIFF BILL

-37- SENIORITY OF SERVICE IN THE SENATE