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Democracy's lawyer : Felix Grundy of the Old Southwest /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heller, J. Roderick (John Roderick), 1937-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Jackson, Andrew, > 1767-1845 > Friends and associates.
Grundy, Felix, > 1777-1840.
Attorneys general > United States > Biography.
Lawyers > Southwest, Old > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
United States > History > 1783-1865 > Biography.
Kentucky > Biography.
Tennessee > Biography.
Southwest, Old > Biography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Frontier roots
  • The Great Road
  • The dark and bloody ground
  • Education on the frontier
  • pt. 2. Kentucky
  • Felix Grundy, Esquire
  • Political beginnings
  • Circuit court reform
  • Grundy and Clay
  • Chief justice
  • Greenville Springs
  • pt. 3. Tennessee
  • Tennessee and Congress
  • War hawk
  • Congress at war
  • Return to Nashville
  • Criminal lawyer
  • The panic of 1819
  • Legislative leadership
  • pt. 4. Jacksonian
  • Andrew Jackson for president
  • Election to the Senate
  • Jacksonian senator
  • Nullification
  • Reelection
  • Land and slavery
  • Battles with the Whigs
  • Attorney General
  • Twilight
  • Epilogue.