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Niven, William John was born on October 26, 1921 in Brooklyn. Son of William John and Marion (Fredricks) Niven.
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This fourth volume of the Salmon P. Chase papers covers the last 15 months of his tenure as Treasury secretary and concludes with his nomination as Chief Justice of the United States. Letters that document his increasing alienation from the Lincoln administration are featured.
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Salmon P. Chase first gained prominence during the 1840s and 50s as a leader in the anti-slavery movement and as a founder of the Liberty, Free-Soil and Republican parties, before becoming a Senator. This book sets out his correspondence with many prominent political figures of the day.
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Salmon P. Chase is usually remembered for his service as Treasury secretary during the Civil War. Earlier, he had attracted national attention as an antislavery attorney and politician and was twice elected U.S. senator from Ohio and served two terms as governor. For the final volume of this series, John Niven has chosen 215 significant letters that shed light on the last phase of Chase's life, the eight and one half years that he presided over the United States Supreme Court as chief justice. During this period, Chase and the Court grappled with an array of issues that redefined the rights of individuals and legal relationships among citizens, the federal government, and the states. Correspondence selected for this volume is particularly rich with insights into the inner workings of the Court and the judicial process. Other themes include Chase's quest for the Democratic nomination to the presidency in the elections of 1868 and 1872, his role as presiding officer during the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, and the scandalous breakup of the marriage of his socialite daughter, Kate Chase Sprague, and her millionaire husband, U.S. Senator William Sprague of Rhode Island. The volume closes with Chase's death on May 7, 1873, at the New York City residence of his youngest daughter, Janet ("Nettie") Chase Hoyt. Representative correspondents in this volume include such national leaders as Stephen Field, Horace Greeley, Andrew Johnson, and Charles Sumner, as well as relatives and personal friends such as Jay Cooke. As in previous volumes, the editors have supplemented their meticulous transcriptions of the manuscripts with detailed notes, a chronology, an index, and a narrativeintroduction. The National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and Claremont Graduate University provide support for the edition.
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This book explores the interrelated themes of modernization and slavery, issues that created reform movements in the North, defensive sectionalism in the South, social disruption, and a general failure of political leadership. During this period the Union underwent the increasing strains of uneven social and economic development. Modernization and slavery provide the backdrop for the action and reaction of northern and southern players who sought but ultimately failed to allow an accommodation that would let competing social and economic institutions coexist.
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This is the first of a proposed six-volume edition of the selected papers of Salmon Portland Chase (1808-1873), a notable figure in the anti-slavery movement and American politics of the 19th century. This volume includes his Civil War-era diaries and his account of a tour of the South in 1865.
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In the first full-scale biography of Calhoun in almost fifty years, John Niven presents a new interpretation of this preeminent spokesman of the Old South. Skillfully blending Calhoun's public career with important elements of his private life, Niven shows Calhoun to have been at once a more consistent politician and a more complex human being than previous historians have portrayed. This masterly retelling of John C. Calhoun's eventful life is a model biography.
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In the first full-scale biography of Calhoun in almost fifty years, John Niven presents a new interpretation of this preeminent spokesman of the Old South. Skillfully blending Calhoun's public career with important elements of his private life, Niven shows Calhoun to have been at once a more consistent politician and a more complex human being than previous historians have portrayed. This masterly retelling of John C. Calhoun's eventful life is a model biography.
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The third volume of The Salmon P. Chase Papers documents Chase's career from early 1858 -- the beginning of his second term as the governor of Ohio -- through the pivotal election of 1860 and the first two years of his service as secretary of the Treasury in Abraham Lincoln's wartime cabinet. Now for the first time there is ready access to a crucial record of the nation's descent into civil war. The editors supplement their meticulous transcriptions of the manuscripts with detailed notes, a chronology, and a narrative introduction. The National Historical Publications and Records Commission provides financial support for the publication of Salmon P. Chase Papers.
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Niven, William John was born on October 26, 1921 in Brooklyn. Son of William John and Marion (Fredricks) Niven.
Bachelor, University Connecticut, 1943. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1954.
Instructor, Mitchell College, New London, Connecticut, 1949-1951; supervisor employee relations Electric Boat division, General dynamics corporation, Groton, Connecticut, 1951-1954; assistant to vice president committee, General dynamics corporation, New York City, 1954-1955; assistant to Chief Executive Officer and president, General dynamics corporation, New York City, 1955-1957; director publications, General dynamics corporation, New York City, 1955-1960; associate professor, professor, Claremont (California) Graduate School, 1965-1990; professor emeritus, since 1990. Consultant in field.
(This book explores the interrelated themes of modernizati...)
(This is the first of a proposed six-volume edition of the...)
(In the first full-scale biography of Calhoun in almost fi...)
(In the first full-scale biography of Calhoun in almost fi...)
(This fourth volume of the Salmon P. Chase papers covers t...)
(The third volume of The Salmon P. Chase Papers documents ...)
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Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, World War World War II. Fellow Smithsonian Institute (senior 1965-1966), Society of America Historians. Member American History Association (chairman Avery Craven award committee 1985, Beveridge-Dunning award committee 1974, 75, chairman 1976, Pacific Coast Branch award 1966), Organization American Historians, Southern History Association (chairman Charles Sydnor prize committee 1983, 84), Zamorano Club, Coffee House.
Married Elizabeth Thomson, September 11, 1948. Children: John Drake, Katherine Pope.