Excerpt from The Terry-Broderick Duel The legislature which assembled at Sacramento, the new capital of the state, in 1855, made an ineffectual effort to elect a Senator. N 0 one candidate could obtain a majority. The same thing occurred again at the legislature which con vened in 1856. This was the know-nothing legislature, composed of Democrats, and Whigs whose organization had at that time become virtually extinct. The know-nothing party grew and became dominant in the state in 1855. It was composed largely of the ...
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Excerpt from The Terry-Broderick Duel The legislature which assembled at Sacramento, the new capital of the state, in 1855, made an ineffectual effort to elect a Senator. N 0 one candidate could obtain a majority. The same thing occurred again at the legislature which con vened in 1856. This was the know-nothing legislature, composed of Democrats, and Whigs whose organization had at that time become virtually extinct. The know-nothing party grew and became dominant in the state in 1855. It was composed largely of the Chivalry branch of the Democratic party, and Whigs who had become scattered for want of a fold in which to gather them in united force. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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