Frank Vick Henderson Diary 1855-1862

Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

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John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist from South Carolina who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He is remembered for strongly defending slavery and for advancing the concept of minority states' rights in politics. He did this in the context of protecting the interests of the white South when its residents were outnumbered by Northerners. He began his political career as a nationalist, mo...

Hicks, Caroline

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Henderson, George

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Lane, John M.

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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Vick, Henry

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American Party

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One of the most famous incidents of anti-Catholic sentiment expression occurred August 11, 1834; non-Catholic rioters looted and burned the Ursuline Convent of Mount Benedict in Charlestown, MA. Anti-Catholic violence also erupted in Philadelphia when 13 people were killed in riots in 1835. Activities by the American Nativist Party in Kensington, Pennsylvania, in 1844 also sparked anti-Catholic riots. In the 1850s, the American Party, also known as the Know-Nothing Party, was partly founded on a...

Hicks, Mary

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Henderson, Frank Vick

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Frank Vick Henderson was the namesake of Newitt Vick, a Protestant minister and conscientious objector to the War of 1776 after whom Vicksburg, Mississippi was allegedly named. Henderson was a Mississippi plantation owner who later moved to Texas. From the guide to the Frank Vick Henderson Diary 68-146., 1855-1862, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) ...

Stewart, Sam, III

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Democratic Party (U.S.)

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Herff, Ferdinand

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Vick, H. O.

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Vick, William

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Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873

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Born to Patrick Sharkey in Tennessee, William Lewis Sharkey (1797-1873) moved with his family to Mississippi in 1803 and fought at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. After practicing law in Warrenton and Vicksburg, he served in the Mississippi Legislature (1828-1829) and as chief justice of the Mississippi High Court of Errors and Appeals (1832-1851). He then established a law practice in Jackson and served as a U. S. Consul to Cuba. A strong Unionist, Sharkey was app...

Whig Party (U.S.)

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Marshall, C. H.

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King, Sarah E., 1957-

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