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Thaddeus Stevens is best known for his leadership of the radical Republicans in Congress during Reconstruction, and throughout the years historians have either glorified him or vilified him. Trefousses balanced biography traces Stevenss career from his early days as a Pennsylvania lawyer and state legislator, when he became an outspoken advocate for black freedom and equality, to his long tenure in the House of Representatives, which culminated in his involvement in the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment and the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.

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Page i THADDEUS STEVENS CIVIL WAR AMERICA Gary W Gallagher Editor - photo 1
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THADDEUS STEVENS
CIVIL WAR AMERICA
Gary W. Gallagher, Editor

title:Thaddeus Stevens : Nineteenth-century Egalitarian Civil War America
author:Trefousse, Hans Louis.
publisher:University of North Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin:080782335X
print isbn13:9780807823354
ebook isbn13:9780807864999
language:English
subjectStevens, Thaddeus,--1792-1868, Legislators--United States--Biography, United States--History--1849-1877, United States.--Congress.--House--Biography.
publication date:1997
lcc:E415.9.S84T74 1997eb
ddc:328.73/092
subject:Stevens, Thaddeus,--1792-1868, Legislators--United States--Biography, United States--History--1849-1877, United States.--Congress.--House--Biography.
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Page iii THADDEUS STEVENS Nineteenth-Century Egalitarian HANS L - photo 2
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THADDEUS STEVENS
Nineteenth-Century Egalitarian
HANS L. TREFOUSSE
The University of North Carolina Press
Chapel Hill & London
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1997 The University of North Carolina Press
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
Frontispiece:
Thaddeus Stevens at the height of his power, leader of
radical Republicans in the House of Representatives, 1866.
(Library of Congress)
This book was set in Adobe Caslon
by Keystone Typesetting, Inc.
Book design by Heidi Perov
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Trefousse, Hans Louis.
Thaddeus Stevens : nineteenth-century egalitarian /
by Hans Louis Trefousse.
p. cm.(Civil War America)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN o-8078-2335-X (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868. 2. LegislatorsUnited States
Biography. 3. United StatesHistory1849-1877. 4. United
States. Congress. HouseBiography. I. Title. II. Series.
E415.9-S84T74 1997
328.73'092dc20
[B]
96-35004
CIP
01 00 99 98 97 5 4 3 2 1
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To the memory of my mother,
Liesel Trefousse
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CONTENTS
Preface
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
Chapter One
New England Youth
1
Chapter Two
Rising Pennsylvania Lawyer
10
Chapter Three
Budding Politician.
24
Chapter Four
Legislative Leader
37
Chapter Five
Anti-Mason in Trouble
48
Chapter Six
Reluctant Coalitionist
62
Chapter Seven
Antislavery Whig
73
Chapter Eight
Emerging Republican
87
Chapter Nine
Unionist Advocate
100
Chapter Ten
War Leader
111
Chapter Eleven
Republican Firebrand
124
Chapter Twelve
Radical of Radicals
137
Chapter Thirteen
Lincoln's Critic and Eulogist
150
Chapter Fourteen
Radical Reconstructionist
161
Chapter Fifteen
Fugleman of the Joint Committee
174
Chapter Sixteen
Leader of the Thirty-Ninth Congress
189
Chapter Seventeen
Thwarted Congressional Manager
200
Chapter Eighteen
Archfoe of the President
210
Chapter Nineteen
Defeated Radical
224
Chapter Twenty
Epilogue
239
Notes
247
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