age ~61
from Martinsburg, WV
Author
John W. Sherman
ISBN #
0275957365
Author
John W. Sherman
ISBN #
0275973263
Author
John Sherman
ISBN #
0404046266
Author
John Sherman
ISBN #
0816903182
Author
John Sherman
ISBN #
0824098293
Author
John Sherman
ISBN #
0930410572
… In 1884, he was elected a delegate to that year's Republican convention, where he served as chair of the Committee on Resolutions and won plaudits for his handling of the convention when called upon to preside. By 1886, McKinley, Senator John Sherman, and Governor Joseph B. Foraker were con...
…The apex of Adee's career came during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The Secretary of State, John Sherman, was old and in poor health, and the Assistant Secretary of State, William R. Day, was inexperienced in diplomacy, which meant that Adee, as the third-ranking officer in the departmen...
…presidential contenders Ulysses S. Grant, James G. Blaine and John Sherman failed to garner the requisite support at their convention. Garfield became the party's compromise nominee for the 1880 Presidential Election and successfully campaigned to defeat Democrat Winfield Hancock in the elec...