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Hace 1 día · Lincoln's friend Orville Hickman Browning told the president that the Proclamation and the suspension of habeas corpus had been "disastrous" for his party by handing the Democrats so many weapons. Lincoln made no response.
18 de jun. de 2024 · Lincoln’s letter to Mrs. Orville Hickman Browning, written April 1, 1838, contained a lengthy discussion of the courtship, without mentioning Mary Owens by name. Lincoln called the woman he courted a “fair match for Falstaff.”
Hace 3 días · Orville Hickman Browning: 1866–1869 † replaced ad interim by Ulysses S. Grant in August 1867 before being reinstated by Congress in January 1868
18 de jun. de 2024 · Andrew Johnson, photograph by Mathew Brady. To broaden the base of the Republican Party to include loyal “war” Democrats, Johnson was selected to run for vice president on Lincoln’s reelection ticket of 1864. His first appearance on the national stage was a fiasco.
7 de jun. de 2024 · Don't Make 'em Like That Anymore: Signed & Engraved Browning Classic Hi-Power. John Browning's swan song handgun design, the Hi-Power, had reached its zenith by the mid-1980s, and a special...
Hace 1 día · Even Lincoln’s friend Orville Hickman Browning believed the arrests ordered by the president were “illegal and arbitrary, and did more harm than good, weakening instead of strengthening the government.”
Legislative profile for Sen. Orville Browning [R-IL, 1861-1863], the former Senator from Illinois.
