02481nam 2200553 450 991078748270332120200520144314.00-8131-6209-2(CKB)3710000000334520(EBL)1915724(SSID)ssj0001432065(PQKBManifestationID)11852442(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001432065(PQKBWorkID)11390593(PQKB)10667172(OCoLC)643936355(MdBmJHUP)muse44241(Au-PeEL)EBL1915724(CaPaEBR)ebr11007397(CaONFJC)MIL691447(OCoLC)900345126(MiAaPQ)EBC1915724(EXLCZ)99371000000033452020150128h19821982 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAntebellum politics in Tennessee /Paul H. BergeronLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1982.©19821 online resource (223 p.)Includes index.1-322-60165-8 0-8131-5123-6 Bibliography: p. [167]-171.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; I: Introduction; II: Electoral Behavior: An Overview; III: Political Revolution, 1834-39; IV: Political Maturity, 1840-49; V: Politics Transformed, 1850-59; VI: Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliographical Essay; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZTennessee played a critical and vital role in national politics in the mid-nineteenth century. Two Tennesseans, for example, served as president and two others were presidential candidates. Such prominence be-speaks the importance of politics in the state's antebellum culture. For the first time in its history Tennessee developed a two-party system, one that was vigorous and exciting.In his study Paul H. Bergeron examines the development of this two-party competition by focusing on statewide contests. Two-party politics in Tennessee was marked by intense and evenly balanced competition, so mucTennesseePolitics and governmentTo 1865976.8/04Bergeron Paul H.1938-1470319MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787482703321Antebellum politics in Tennessee3682070UNINA