The return of the Democratic Party to power in 1884

Download or read book The return of the Democratic Party to power in 1884 written by Harrison Cook Thomas and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Return of the Democratic Party to Power in 1884 On March 4, 1885, Grover Cleveland took up his duties as President of the United States, the first Democrat to be trusted with that responsibility since James Buchanan laid it down in the troubled days of March, 1861. In 1861 the Democrats had gone out of power on a great issue. They came back to power not on another great issue but because the lack Of issues between them and their opponents made the Character of the candidates the determining factor for a large number of voters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.