William Freeman Vilas, doctrinaire democrat /
Merrill, Horace Samuel
William Freeman Vilas, doctrinaire democrat / by Horace Samuel Merrill. - Madison, Wisconsin : State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1954. - viii, 310 p. : ill., portraits ; 24 cm.
Includes index
Cont.: Father and son -- Madison and the young lawyer -- Fortune seeker -- Political neophyte -- Eloquent orator -- The Wisconsin-New York alliance -- Friend of the university -- Government administrator -- Patronage politics -- Shortsightedness in Wisconsin -- A share of the interior -- Victory in defeat -- Political professionalism -- Depression and disaster -- Defeat in Wisconsin -- A strategic retreat -- His house in order.
Vilas, William F. 1840-1908 (William Freeman)
William Freeman Vilas, doctrinaire democrat / by Horace Samuel Merrill. - Madison, Wisconsin : State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1954. - viii, 310 p. : ill., portraits ; 24 cm.
Includes index
Cont.: Father and son -- Madison and the young lawyer -- Fortune seeker -- Political neophyte -- Eloquent orator -- The Wisconsin-New York alliance -- Friend of the university -- Government administrator -- Patronage politics -- Shortsightedness in Wisconsin -- A share of the interior -- Victory in defeat -- Political professionalism -- Depression and disaster -- Defeat in Wisconsin -- A strategic retreat -- His house in order.
Vilas, William F. 1840-1908 (William Freeman)