John Marshall: Definer of a NationA New York Times Notable Book of 1996 |
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... Federalists self - destructed . Adams at- tempted to follow Washington's moderate policies but came under increas ... Federalist war faction in the spring of 1800 , he first nominated Marshall to be secretary of war , which Marshall ...
... Federalists were turned out , and the Republicans led by Thomas Jefferson were installed in the White House and Congress . One cannot understand Marshall without an appreciation of his relation- ship with Thomas Jefferson , just as one ...
... Federalists as dedicated monarchists de- termined to eradicate representative government . Those perceptions were sharpened by the ideas of the French Revolu- tion , which figured prominently in the presidential campaign . Jefferson and ...
... Federalists , he had been tainted least by the party's defeat . He was recognized as the heir to Washington's mantle of moderation and for the past two years had been the administration's most effective spokesman . Having weathered the ...
... Federalists had lost , and it was now a choice between two evils.72 Talk of denying the presidency to the Republicans was idle gossip . A more pressing problem for the Federalists was the replacement of Oliver Ellsworth as chief justice ...
Contents
Marshalls Virginia Heritage | 21 |
Soldier of the Revolution | 37 |
Student and Suitor | 70 |
Husband Lawyer Legislator | 87 |
The Fight for Ratification | 115 |
At the Richmond Bar | 144 |
Virginia Federalist | 169 |
Mission to Paris The XYZ Affair | 192 |
The Center Holds | 327 |
Treason Defined | 348 |
Yazoo | 375 |
A Band of Brothers | 395 |
National Supremacy | 417 |
Steamboats | 446 |
The Chief Justice and Old Hickory | 482 |
Notes | 525 |