Senator Benton and the People: Master Race Democracy on the Early American Frontiers

by Ken S. Mueller

Book Overview

Senator Thomas Hart Benton was a towering figure in Missouri politics. Elected in 1821, he was their first senator and served in Washington, DC, for more than thirty years. Like Andrew Jackson, with whom he had a long and complicated relationship, Benton came out of the developing western section of the young American Republic. The foremost Democratic leader in the Senate, he claimed to represent the rights of "the common man" against "monied...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875807003
• ISBN13: 9780875807003
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher