Item #44662 [Typed Manuscript Signed] Presidents as Lawyers: Account of the United States Presidents' and Their Political Rivals, from Franklin Pierce, through William H. Taft. Charles Clark.
[Typed Manuscript Signed] Presidents as Lawyers: Account of the United States Presidents' and Their Political Rivals, from Franklin Pierce, through William H. Taft.

[Typed Manuscript Signed] Presidents as Lawyers: Account of the United States Presidents' and Their Political Rivals, from Franklin Pierce, through William H. Taft.

n.d. 32 leaves [rectos only]. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Very good, extremities worn, few edge tears, minor browning and soiling, contents clean. Item #44662

Partially typed and partially in holograph, a draft of the account of the United States Presidents, by Charles Clark. There are two sections, numbered 3 and 4, both signed by Clark, which cover the nominations of Franklin Pierce, through William H. Taft. The accounts contain both rich data pertaining to the Presidents and their rival candidates, as well as strong opinions regarding their competencies, or lack thereof, as lawyers.

1. Number 3, 16 leaves: Franklin Pierce's 1852 nomination and his credentials as a lawyer, comparing him to the Whig nomination, Gen. Winfield Scott, "who turned out to be a terrible hoodoo."; Next was James Buchanan "the first bachelor president" (1857-1861); He then referred to 1869 as a "field year for lawyers as Presidential candidates, going to into great, often strongly opinionated details, about the circumstances of Lincoln's victory over Douglas.... on through Rutherford B. Hayes.

2. Number 4, 16 leaves: Continues with James Garfield (1877-1881); Chester A. Arthur; Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901); Grover Cleveland (1893-1897) ; William McKinley; Teddy Roosevelt; finally William Taft (1909-1913).

The account is undated and incomplete, so the date of composition is uncertain.

Price: $250.00

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