Robert Toombs: Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, SageStovall, Pleasant A.
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Robert Toombs: Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage
Stovall, Pleasant A.
Toombs, Robert Augustus, 1810-1885
Jenkins, Charles J., as a lawyer, 16;
elected Speaker of House, General Assembly, 33;
defeated for U. S. senatorship, 38;
reports the "Georgia Platform," 86;
author of the Georgia Platform, 92, 93;
opinion of Berrien, 93;
nominated for Vice-presidency, 99;
career of, 101;
personal character, 102;
disputes reconstruction measures, 323;
carries off the great seal of Georgia, 333, 338;
president of Constitutional convention, 337;
deposed from governorship, 337;
views on railroad question, 345
Johnson, Andrew, member of Twenty-ninth Congress, 56;
impeachment of, 310;
Toombs' interview with, 313
Johnson, Herschel V., Democratic leader, 51;
elected governor of Georgia, 128;
leads Union wing of Georgia Democrats, 182;
nominated for Vice-presidency, 183;
challenged by Stephens, 336
Johnson, R. M., reunion with Toombs, 298, 299
Johnson, Fort, fires on Fort Sumter, 227
Johnston, Gen. Joseph E., on first battle of Manassas, 238;
advance on Washington, 238;
withdraws from Manassas, 239;
heated interview with Toombs, 243;
recognizes Toombs' worth, 243, 244;
retreats behind the Chickahominy, 245;
criticism of Southern soldiers, 271;
relieved from command, 276;
struggle with Sherman, 280
Jones, Gen. D. R., report of second battle of Manassas, 261;
reports of Toombs' actions at Antietam, 264, 265
Judiciary Committee, General Assembly, chairman of, 33, 38
Kansas, civil war in, 115-118, 159;
Pierce's message on state of, 115, 116
Kansas bill, opposition to, 166
Kansas-Nebraska bill, 107-115;
dissatisfaction with, in Georgia, 143;
Hill on, 147-149
Kennan, A. H., deputy to Provisional Congress, 215
Kentucky, partial secession measures of, 233
Kimball House Company, financial dealings of Toombs with, 42
Kinch, ----, sutler in Creek war, 352
Knott, Pres. Eliphalet, 13
Know-nothing party. See American party
Labor, views on, 197
Lamar, A. R., description of Toombs, 236, 237
Lamar, De Rosset, Toombs' aid-de-camp, 237
Lamartine, Toombs compared with, 76
Land-jobbing, opposition to, 53
Lane, Jack, reunion with Toombs, 298, 299
Lane, Joseph C., nominated for Vice-presidency, 183
Lanier, Sidney, 284
Lawton, A. R., supported by Toombs, 369
Lecompton constitution, favored by Buchanan, 160;
passes the Senate, 164
Lee, Gen. Robert E., captures John Brown, 169;
successes of, 246;
invades Maryland, 262;
report of Toombs' actions at Antietam, 264
Le Seur, Alexander, aids Toombs' escape, 288, 289
Lewis, D. W., defeated by Stephens, 93
Lexington, Ga., speech in, 92;
debate between Hill and Stephens at, 144, 145
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