Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.

LAST DAYS OF THE BUCHANAN ADMINISTRATION. My First Appearance Before a New York Audience--Lincoln's Nomination at the Chicago Convention--I Engage Actively in the Presidential C...

HISTORY OF THE "SHERMAN SILVER LAW." President Harrison's First Annual Message--His Recommendations Regarding the Coinage of Silver and Tariff Revisions--Bill Authorizing the Pu...

EXCITING SCENES IN CONGRESS. I am Elected for the Third Term--Invasion of Virginia by John Brown --His Trial and Execution--Spirited Contest for the Speakership-- Discussion ove...

SALE OF BONDS FOR RESUMPTION PURPOSES. Arrangements Begun for the Disposal of $50,000,000 for Gold or Bullion--Interviews with Prominent Bankers in New York--Proposition in Beha...

MY BOYHOOD DAYS AND EARLY LIFE. Born at Lancaster, Ohio, May 10, 1823--Death of My Father and Its Effect on Our Family--Early Days at School--A Dead Sheep in the Schoolroom--Les...

ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Johnson's Maudlin Stump Speech in the Senate--Inauguration of Lincoln for the Second Term--My Trip to the South--Paying off a Church Debt--Meet...

ANCESTRY OF THE SHERMAN FAMILY. Family Name is of Saxon Origin--"Conquer Death by Virtue"--Arrival of Rev. John Sherman at Boston in 1634--General Sherman's Reply to an English...

ELECTED PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. Death of Vice President Hendricks--I Am Chosen to Preside Over the United States Senate--Letter of Congratulation from S. S. Cox-- C...

EARLY DAYS IN CONGRESS. My First Speech in the House--Struggle for the Possession of Kansas --Appointed as a Member of the Kansas Investigating Committee--The Invasion of March...

ABOLISHMENT OF THE STATE BANKS. Measures Introduced to Tax Them out of Existence--Arguments That Induced Congress to Deprive Them of the Power to Issue Their Bills as Money--Bil...

RESUMPTION ACT RECEIVED WITH DISFAVOR. It Is Not Well Received by Those Who Wished Immediate Resumption of Specie Payments--Letter to "The Financier" in Reply to a Charge That I...

REFUNDING THE NATIONAL DEBT. Over $140,000,000 of Gold Coin and Bullion in the Treasury January 1, 1879--Diversity of Opinion as to the Meaning of Resumption-- Effect of the Act...

he said he was able to do me a favor, that he had a ticket to a grand banquet to be attended by the leading men of Boston at Plymouth Rock, on the anniversary of the landing of...

THE PANIC OF 1873 AND ITS RESULTS. Failure of Jay Cooke and Co.--Wild Schemes "for the Relief of the People"--Congress Called Upon for Help--Finance Committee's Report for the R...

GENERAL DESIRE TO NOMINATE ME FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO. Death of My Brother Charles--The 46th Congress Convened in Special Session--"Mending Fences" at My Home in Mansfield--Efforts...

THE BEGINNING OF LINCOLN'S FIRST ADMINISTRATION. Arrival of the President-Elect at Washington--Impressiveness of His Inaugural Address--I am Elected Senator from Ohio to Succeed...

DEDICATION OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. Resolution of Senator Morrill Providing for Appropriate Dedicatory Ceremonies--I Am Made Chairman of the Commission--Robert C. Winthrop's...

POLICY OF THE HAYES ADMINISTRATION. Reception at my Home in Mansfield--Given by Friends Irrespective of Party--Introduced by My Old Friend and Partner, Henry C. Hedges --I Reply...

IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON. Judiciary Committee's Resolution Fails of Adoption by a Vote of 57 Yeas to 108 Nays--Johnson's Attempt to Remove Secretary Stanton and Create a Ne...

ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE FOR THE SIXTH TIME. I Secure the Caucus Nomination for Senator on the First Ballot-- Foraker and Myself Introduced to the Legislature--My Add...

I BEGIN MY DUTIES AS SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. Legislative Training of Great Advantage to Me in My New Position-- Loan Contract in Force When I Took the Portfolio--Appointment...

A MEMORABLE SESSION OF CONGRESS. Dark Period of the War--Effect of the President's Proclamation-- Revenue Bill Enacted Increasing Internal Taxes and Adding Many New Objects of T...

THE CAMPAIGN OF 1890-91 IN OHIO. Public Discussion of My Probable Re-election to the Senate--My Visit to the Ohio Legislature in April, 1891--Reception at the Lincoln League Clu...

FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS IN EUROPE. Our Party Takes Its Departure on the "City of New York" on May 1-- Personnel of the Party--Short Stop in London--Various Cities in Italy Visite...

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1888. Majority of the Ohio Delegates Agree to Support Me for President-- Cleveland and Thurman Nominated by the Democrats--I Am Indorsed by the...

STEPS TOWARDS MUCH NEEDED TARIFF LEGISLATION. Necessity of Relief from Unnecessary Taxation--Views of the President as Presented to Congress in December, 1882--Views of the Tari...

OHIO, ITS HISTORY AND RESOURCES. Occupation by the Indians--Washington's Expedition to the Head of the Ohio River--Commencement of the History of the State--Topography, Characte...

INDEBTEDNESS OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1865. Organization of the Greenback Party--Total Debt on October 31st amounts to $2,805,549,437.55--Secretary McCulloch's Desire to Convert...

LAST DAYS OF THE HAYES ADMINISTRATION. Invitation From General Arthur to Speak in New York--Letter to Hon. John Jay on the Subject--Mr. Evarts' Refined Specimen of Egotism-- An...

CLEVELAND'S EXTRAORDINARY MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. First Session of the 50th Congress--The President's "Cry of Alarm" --Troubled by the Excess of Revenues over Expenditures--My Answ...

THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 1880. Talk of Grant for President for a Third Term--His Triumphal Return from a Trip Around the World--The Candidacy of Mr. Blaine and Myself --Ma...

BEGINNING OF ARTHUR'S ADMINISTRATION. Special Session of the Senate Convened by the President--Abuse of Me by Newspapers and Discharged Employees--Charges Concerning Disbursemen...

LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. Slavery in the District of Columbia Abolished--Law Goes Into Effect on April 10, 1862--Beginning of the End of Slavery--Military Measures in...

MY LAST YEAR IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Opening of the 1880 Campaign in Cincinnati--My First Speech Arraigned as "Bitterly Partisan"--Letter from Garfield Regarding the Maine E...

PREPARATIONS FOR RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. Annual Report to Congress on Dec. 2, 1878--Preparations for Resumption Accompanied with Increased Business and Confidence--Full E...

FREE SILVER AND PROTECTION TO AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. My Views in 1891 on the Free Coinage of Silver--Letter to an Ohio Newspaper on the Subject--A Problem for the Next Congress to...

VISIT TO CUBA AND THE SOUTHERN STATES. Departure for Florida and Havana--A Walk Through Jacksonville-- Impressions of the Country--Visit to Cigar Factories and Other Places of I...

REUNION OF THE "SHERMAN BRIGADE." Patriotic Address Delivered at Woodstock, Conn., On My Return from the Pacific Coast--Meeting of the Surviving Members of the Sherman Family at...

THREE MONTHS IN EUROPE. Short Session of Congress Convened March 4, 1867--I Become Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Succeeding Senator Fessenden--Departure for Europe--Winn...

ENACTMENT OF THE BLAND-ALLISON SILVER LAW. Amendments to the Act Reported by the Committee on Finance--Revival of a Letter Written by Me in 1868--Explained in Letter to Justin S...

ELECTED TO THE SENATE FOR THE FOURTH TIME. Blaine Appointed Secretary of State--Withdrawal of Governor Foster as a Senatorial Candidate--I Am Again Elected to My Old Position to...

EFFECT OF THE MARINE NATIONAL BANK AND OTHER FAILURES. Continued Prosperity of the Nation--Arthur's Report to Congress-- Resolution to Inquire into Election Outrages in Virginia...

REPEAL OF PART OF THE "SHERMAN ACT" OF 1890. Congress Convened in Extraordinary Session on August 7, 1893--The President's Apprehension Concerning the Financial Situation--Messa...

EFFECT OF THE BLAND BILL ON THE COUNTRY. An Act Passed by the House Providing for the Free Coinage of the Silver Dollar--Mr. Ewing Makes an Attack on Resumption--Fear of Capital...

PASSAGE OF THE LEGAL TENDER ACT IN 1862. My Interview with Lincoln About Ohio Appointments--Governmental Expenses Now Aggregating Nearly $2,000,000 Daily--Secretary Chase's Annu...

SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS TO PROVIDE FOR THE WAR. Condition of the Treasury Immediately Preceding the War--Not Enough Money on Hand to Pay Members of Congress--Value of Fracti...

SECOND ELECTION OF GROVER CLEVELAND. Opposition to General Harrison for the Presidential Nomination--My Belief That He Could Not Be Elected--Preference for McKinley-- Meeting of...

BIRTH OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. The Name Formally Adopted at Jackson, Michigan, in 1854--Nomination of John C. Fremont at Philadelphia--Democratic Convention Nominates James Buch...

INDORSED FOR PRESIDENT BY THE OHIO STATE CONVENTION. I Am Talked of as a Presidential Possibility--Public Statement of My Position--Unanimous Resolution Adopted by the State Con...

THE HAYES-TILDEN PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST. Nomination of R. B. Hayes for President--His Fitness for the Responsible Office--Political Shrewdness of Samuel J. Tilden, His Opponent--I...

EFFORTS TO CONSTRUCT THE NICARAGUAN CANAL. Early Recognition of the Need of a Canal Across the Isthmus Connecting North and South America--M. de Lesseps Attempts to Build a Wate...

SOME EVENTS IN MY PRIVATE LIFE. Feuds and Jealousies During Grant's Administration--Attack on Me by the Cincinnati "Enquirer"--Reply and Statement Regarding My Worldly Possessio...

OUR COINAGE BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR. But Little Coin in Circulation in 1869--General Use of Spanish Pieces--No Mention of the Dollar Piece in the Act of 1853--Free Circulation...

INVESTIGATION OF THE NEW YORK CUSTOMHOUSE. A General Examination of Several Ports Ordered--No Difficulty Except at New York--First Report of the Commission--President Hayes' Rec...

BILL FOR THE RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. Decline in Value of Paper Money--Meeting of Congress in December, 1874--Senate Committee of Eleven to Formulate a Bill to Advance Uni...

A SHORT RESPITE FROM OFFICIAL DUTIES. Visit to Mansfield and Other Points in Ohio--Difficulty of Making a Speech at Toledo--An Attempt to Break up a Meeting that Did Not Succeed...

BEGINNING OF GRANT'S ADMINISTRATION. His Arrival at Washington in 1864 to Take Command of the Armies of the United States--Inaugural Address as President--"An Act to Strengthen...

RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FINANCIAL PANIC OF 1857. Its Effect on the State Banks--My Maiden Speech in Congress on National Finances--Appointed a Member of the Committee on Naval Affa...

THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. Legislation During the Two Years--Further Reduction of the Currency by the Secretary Prohibited--Report of the Committee of Conference --Bill for Refundin...

A PERIOD OF POLITICAL SPEECH MAKING. Organization of the "Sherman Club" at Mansfield, Ohio--My Experiences with Newspaper Reporters--Address at the State Fair in Columbus on Agr...

MY PARTICIPATION IN THE CAMPAIGN OF 1884. Again Talked of as a Republican Candidate for the Presidency--I Have no Desire for the Nomination--Blaine the Natural Candidate of the...

MY CONFIDENCE IN THE SUCCESS OF RESUMPTION. Tendency of Democratic Members of Both Houses to Exaggerate the Evil Times--Debate Over the Bill to Provide for Issuing Silver Coin i...

ASSASSINATION OF GARFIELD AND EVENTS FOLLOWING. I Return to Mansfield for a Brief Period of Rest--Selected as Presiding Officer of the Ohio State Convention--My Address to the D...

ATTEMPTS TO STOP THE PURCHASE OF SILVER BULLION. My Determination to Press the Repeal of the Silver Purchasing Clause of the "Sherman Act"--Reply to Criticisms of the Philadelph...

SENIORITY OF SERVICE IN THE SENATE. Notified That My Years of Service Exceed Those of Thomas Benton-- Celebration of the Sons of the American Revolution at the Washington Monume...

PASSAGE OF THE WILSON TARIFF BILL. Second Session of the 53rd Congress--Recommendations of the President Concerning a Revision of the Tariff Laws--Bill Reported to the House by...

ADMISSION TO THE BAR AND EARLY POLITICAL LIFE. Law Partnership with my Brother Charles--Change in Methods of Court Practice--Obtaining the Right of Way for a Railroad--Excitemen...

These Recollections grew out of a long deferred purpose to publish a selection of my speeches on public questions, but in collecting them it became manifest that they should be...

ELECTED TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE FOR THE SIXTH TIME. I Secure the Caucus Nomination for Senator on the First Ballot-- Foraker and Myself Introduced to the Legislature--My Add...

REPEAL OF PART OF THE "SHERMAN ACT" OF 1890. Congress Convened in Extraordinary Session on August 7, 1893--The President's Apprehension Concerning the Financial Situation--Messa...

PASSAGE OF THE WILSON TARIFF BILL. Second Session of the 53rd Congress--Recommendations of the President Concerning a Revision of the Tariff Laws--Bill Reported to the House by...

EFFORTS TO CONSTRUCT THE NICARAGUAN CANAL. Early Recognition of the Need of a Canal Across the Isthmus Connecting North and South America--M. de Lesseps Attempts to Build a Wate...

Certificate of Admission to Practice in Supreme Court, January 21, 1852 T. Ewing, December 31, 1848 Wm. H. Seward, September 20, 1852 Certificate of Election as United States Re...

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1888. Majority of the Ohio Delegates Agree to Support Me for President-- Cleveland and Thurman Nominated by the Democrats--I Am Indorsed by the...

HISTORY OF THE "SHERMAN SILVER LAW." President Harrison's First Annual Message--His Recommendations Regarding the Coinage of Silver and Tariff Revisions--Bill Authorizing the Pu...

ATTEMPTS TO STOP THE PURCHASE OF SILVER BULLION. My Determination to Press the Repeal of the Silver Purchasing Clause of the "Sherman Act"--Reply to Criticisms of the Philadelph...

POLICY OF THE HAYES ADMINISTRATION. Reception at My Home in Mansfield--Given by Friends Irrespective of Party--Introduced by My Old Friend and Partner, Henry C. Hedges --I Reply...

FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS IN EUROPE. Our Party Takes Its Departure on the "City of New York" on May 1-- Personnel of the Party--Short Stop in London--Various Cities in Italy Visite...

FREE SILVER AND PROTECTION TO AMERICAN INDUSTRIES. My Views in 1891 on the Free Coinage of Silver--Letter to an Ohio Newspaper on the Subject--A Problem for the Next Congress to...

SENIORITY OF SERVICE IN THE SENATE. Notified That My Years of Service Exceed Those of Thomas Benton-- Celebration of the Sons of the American Revolution at the Washington Monume...

EFFECT OF THE MARINE NATIONAL BANK AND OTHER FAILURES. Continued Prosperity of the Nation--Arthur's Report to Congress-- Resolution to Inquire into Election Outrages in Virginia...

INDORSED FOR PRESIDENT BY THE OHIO STATE CONVENTION. I Am Talked of as a Presidential Possibility--Public Statement of My Position--Unanimous Resolution Adopted by the State Con...

ELECTED PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE. Death of Vice President Hendricks--I Am Chosen to Preside Over the United States Senate--Letter of Congratulation from S. S. Cox-- C...

VISIT TO CUBA AND THE SOUTHERN STATES. Departure for Florida and Havana--A Walk Through Jacksonville-- Impressions of the Country--Visit to Cigar Factories and Other Places of I...

LAST DAYS OF THE HAYES ADMINISTRATION. Invitation From General Arthur to Speak in New York--Letter to Hon. John Jay on the Subject--Mr. Evarts' Refined Specimen of Egotism-- An...

MY PARTICIPATION IN THE CAMPAIGN OF 1884. Again Talked of as a Republican Candidate for the Presidency--I Have No Desire for the Nomination--Blaine the Natural Candidate of the...

INDEBTEDNESS OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1865. Organization of the Greenback Party--Total Debt on October 31st amounts to $2,805,549,437.55--Secretary McCulloch's Desire to Convert...

Mr. Sherman in His Library at Washington, D. C., 1895. _Frontispiece_ Rutherford B. Hayes President Hayes and Cabinet John Sherman (Chamber of Commerce Portrait.) Inauguration o...

STEPS TOWARDS MUCH NEEDED TARIFF LEGISLATION. Necessity of Relief from Unnecessary Taxation--Views of the President as Presented to Congress in December, 1882--Views of the Tari...

THE CAMPAIGN OF 1890-91 IN OHIO. Public Discussion of My Probable Re-election to the Senate--My Visit to the Ohio Legislature in April, 1891--Reception at the Lincoln League Clu...

OUR COINAGE BEFORE AND AFTER THE WAR. But Little Coin in Circulation in 1869--General Use of Spanish Pieces--No Mention of the Dollar Piece in the Act of 1853--Free Circulation...

ELECTED TO THE SENATE FOR THE FOURTH TIME. Blaine Appointed Secretary of State--Withdrawal of Governor Foster as a Senatorial Candidate--I Am Again Elected to My Old Position to...

ASSASSINATION OF GARFIELD AND EVENTS FOLLOWING. I Return to Mansfield for a Brief Period of Rest--Selected as Presiding Officer of the Ohio State Convention--My Address to the D...

CLEVELAND'S EXTRAORDINARY MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. First Session of the 50th Congress--The President's "Cry of Alarm" --Troubled by the Excess of Revenues over Expenditures--My Answ...

REFUNDING THE NATIONAL DEBT. Over $140,000,000 of Gold Coin and Bullion in the Treasury January 1, 1879--Diversity of Opinion as to the Meaning of Resumption-- Effect of the Act...

THREE MONTHS IN EUROPE. Short Session of Congress Convened March 4, 1867--I Become Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Succeeding Senator Fessenden--Departure for Europe--Winn...

SALE OF BONDS FOR RESUMPTION PURPOSES. Arrangements Begun for the Disposal of $50,000,000 for Gold or Bullion--Interviews with Prominent Bankers in New York--Proposition in Beha...

INVESTIGATION OF THE NEW YORK CUSTOMHOUSE. A General Examination of Several Ports Ordered--No Difficulty Except at New York--First Report of the Commission--President Hayes' Rec...

John Sherman Dedham Street, Dedham, Essex County, England Birthplace of John Sherman at Lancaster, Ohio Mr. Sherman at the Age of Nineteen Charles T. Sherman First Court House a...

ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Johnson's Maudlin Stump Speech in the Senate--Inauguration of Lincoln for the Second Term--My Trip to the South--Paying off a Church Debt--Meet...

MY CONFIDENCE IN THE SUCCESS OF RESUMPTION. Tendency of Democratic Members of Both Houses to Exaggerate the Evil Times--Debate Over the Bill to Provide for Issuing Silver Coin i...

A SHORT RESPITE FROM OFFICIAL DUTIES. Visit to Mansfield and Other Points in Ohio--Difficulty of Making a Speech at Toledo--An Attempt to Break up a Meeting that Did Not Succeed...

SECOND ELECTION OF GROVER CLEVELAND. Opposition to General Harrison for the Presidential Nomination--My Belief That He Could Not Be Elected--Preference for McKinley-- Meeting of...

EFFECT OF THE BLAND BILL ON THE COUNTRY. An Act Passed by the House Providing for the Free Coinage of the Silver Dollar--Mr. Ewing Makes an Attack on Resumption--Fear of Capital...

GENERAL DESIRE TO NOMINATE ME FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO. Death of My Brother Charles--The 46th Congress Convened in Special Session--"Mending Fences" at My Home in Mansfield--Efforts...

THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 1880. Talk of Grant for President for a Third Term--His Triumphal Return from a Trip Around the World--The Candidacy of Mr. Blaine and Myself --Ma...

A PERIOD OF POLITICAL SPEECH MAKING. Organization of the "Sherman Club" at Mansfield, Ohio--My Experiences with Newspaper Reporters--Address at the State Fair in Columbus on Agr...

ENACTMENT OF THE BLAND-ALLISON SILVER LAW. Amendments to the Act Reported by the Committee on Finance--Revival of a Letter Written by Me in 1868--Explained in Letter to Justin S...

REUNION OF THE "SHERMAN BRIGADE." Patriotic Address Delivered at Woodstock, Conn., On My Return from the Pacific Coast--Meeting of the Surviving Members of the Sherman Family at...

PASSAGE OF THE LEGAL TENDER ACT IN 1862. My Interview with Lincoln About Ohio Appointments--Governmental Expenses Now Aggregating Nearly $2,000,000 Daily--Secretary Chase's Annu...

DEDICATION OF THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. Resolution of Senator Morrill Providing for Appropriate Dedicatory Ceremonies--I Am Made Chairman of the Commission--Robert C. Winthrop's...

IMPEACHMENT OF ANDREW JOHNSON. Judiciary Committee's Resolution Fails of Adoption by a Vote of 57 Yeas to 108 Nays--Johnson's Attempt to Remove Secretary Stanton and Create a Ne...

BILL FOR THE RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. Decline in Value of Paper Money--Meeting of Congress in December, 1874--Senate Committee of Eleven to Formulate a Bill to Advance Uni...

I BEGIN MY DUTIES AS SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. Legislative Training of Great Advantage to Me in My New Position-- Loan Contract in Force When I Took the Portfolio--Appointment...

THE HAYES-TILDEN PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST. Nomination of R. B. Hayes for President--His Fitness for the Responsible Office--Political Shrewdness of Samuel J. Tilden, His Opponent--I...

MY LAST YEAR IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Opening of the 1880 Campaign in Cincinnati--My First Speech Arraigned as "Bitterly Partisan"--Letter from Garfield Regarding the Maine E...

BEGINNING OF ARTHUR'S ADMINISTRATION. Special Session of the Senate Convened by the President--Abuse of Me by Newspapers and Discharged Employees--Charges Concerning Disbursemen...

LINCOLN'S EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. Slavery in the District of Columbia Abolished--Law Goes Into Effect on April 10, 1862--Beginning of the End of Slavery--Military Measures in...

RESUMPTION ACT RECEIVED WITH DISFAVOR. It Is Not Well Received by Those Who Wished Immediate Resumption of Specie Payments--Letter to "The Financier" in Reply to a Charge That I...

A MEMORABLE SESSION OF CONGRESS. Dark Period of the War--Effect of the President's Proclamation-- Revenue Bill Enacted Increasing Internal Taxes and Adding Many New Objects of T...

THE PANIC OF 1873 AND ITS RESULTS. Failure of Jay Cooke and Co.--Wild Schemes "for the Relief of the People"--Congress Called Upon for Help--Finance Committee's Report for the R...

PREPARATIONS FOR RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS. Annual Report to Congress on Dec. 2, 1878--Preparations for Resumption Accompanied with Increased Business and Confidence--Full E...

BEGINNING OF GRANT'S ADMINISTRATION. His Arrival at Washington in 1864 to Take Command of the Armies of the United States--Inaugural Address as President--"An Act to Strengthen...

ABOLISHMENT OF THE STATE BANKS. Measures Introduced to Tax Them out of Existence--Arguments That Induced Congress to Deprive Them of the Power to Issue Their Bills as Money--Bil...

EXCITING SCENES IN CONGRESS. I am Elected for the Third Term--Invasion of Virginia by John Brown --His Trial and Execution--Spirited Contest for the Speakership-- Discussion ove...

THE FORTIETH CONGRESS. Legislation During the Two Years--Further Reduction of the Currency by the Secretary Prohibited--Report of the Committee of Conference --Bill for Refundin...

LAST DAYS OF THE BUCHANAN ADMINISTRATION. My First Appearance Before a New York Audience--Lincoln's Nomination at the Chicago Convention--I Engage Actively in the Presidential C...

THE BEGINNING OF LINCOLN'S FIRST ADMINISTRATION. Arrival of the President-Elect at Washington--Impressiveness of His Inaugural Address--I am Elected Senator from Ohio to Succeed...

ADMISSION TO THE BAR AND EARLY POLITICAL LIFE. Law Partnership with my Brother Charles--Change in Methods of Court Practice--Obtaining the Right of Way for a Railroad--Excitemen...

SOME EVENTS IN MY PRIVATE LIFE. Feuds and Jealousies During Grant's Administration--Attack on Me by the Cincinnati "Enquirer"--Reply and Statement Regarding My Worldly Possessio...

RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FINANCIAL PANIC OF 1857. Its Effect on the State Banks--My Maiden Speech in Congress on National Finances--Appointed a Member of the Committee on Naval Affa...

SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS TO PROVIDE FOR THE WAR. Condition of the Treasury Immediately Preceding the War--Not Enough Money on Hand to Pay Members of Congress--Value of Fracti...

MY BOYHOOD DAYS AND EARLY LIFE. Born at Lancaster, Ohio, May 10, 1823--Death of My Father and Its Effect on Our Family--Early Days at School--A Dead Sheep in the Schoolroom--Les...

OHIO, ITS HISTORY AND RESOURCES. Occupation by the Indians--Washington's Expedition to the Head of the Ohio River--Commencement of the History of the State--Topography, Characte...

BIRTH OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. The Name Formally Adopted at Jackson, Michigan, in 1854--Nomination of John C. Fremont at Philadelphia--Democratic Convention Nominates James Buch...

J. M. Rusk, April 14, 1878 Jay Gould, October 17, 1878 Whitelaw Reid, March 29, 1878 John Jay, February 3, 1879 John W. Foster, December 15, 1878 James G. Blaine, July 3, 1879 G...

ANCESTRY OF THE SHERMAN FAMILY. Family Name is of Saxon Origin--"Conquer Death by Virtue"--Arrival of Rev. John Sherman at Boston in 1634--General Sherman's Reply to an English...

EARLY DAYS IN CONGRESS. My First Speech in the House--Struggle for the Possession of Kansas --Appointed as a Member of the Kansas Investigating Committee--The Invasion of March...