"Gentleman George" Hunt Pendleton: Party Politics and Ideological Identity in Nineteenth-Century America Book

Acknowledgments     vii
Introduction     1
The Early Years     8
The Young Politician from Cincinnati     32
The Tortuous Course: Pendleton and the Peace Democrats     60
Pendleton the Obstructionist     80
From Victory Came Defeat     94
Pendleton and Party Unity: The Ohio Idea     111
The Great Railroad Case and the Road to the Senate     141
"Kicking Against the Goads": Pendleton and Civil Service Reform     166
Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary of the United States to Germany     201
Conclusion     212
Notes     218
Bibliography     281
Index     303