Identifier: historyofclinton00chic (find matches)
Title: History of Clinton County, Indiana. Together with sketches of its cities, villages and towns, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens. Also a condensed history of Indiana, embodying accounts of prehistoric races, Indian wars, and a brief review of its civil and political history
Year: 1886 (1880s)
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Subjects: Clinton County (Ind.) -- History Clinton County (Ind.) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago : Inter-state Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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he first in the field of national politics,both the principal parties holding State conventions early in theyear. The Democrats nominated T. A. Hendricks for Governor,and denounced in their platform the reconstruction policy of theRepublicans; recommended that United States treasury notes besubstituted for national bank currency; denied that the GeneralGovernment had a right to interfere with the question of suffragein any of the States, and opposed negro suffrage, etc.; while theRepublicans nominated Conrad Baker for Governor, defended itsreconstruction policy, opposed a further contraction of the currency,etc. The campaign was an exciting one, and Mr. Baker waselected Governor by a majority of only 961. In the Presidentialelection that soon followed the State gave Grant 9,572 more thanSeymour. During 1868 Indiana presented claims to the Government forabout three and a half millions dollars for expenses incurred in thewar, and $1,958,917.94 was allowed. Also, this year, a legislative
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