Author: Fowler, Dorothy Ganfield
Title: The Cabinet Politician : The Postmasters General, 1829-1909
Description: New York, Columbia University Press, 1943. orig.cloth. 24x15cm, x,344 pp. Name inked on flyleaf.. Some rubbing. Binding corner bumps. Bookplate. Good. ¶ Contents: Entrance into the Cabinet; The first political strategist; Representatives of party factions; Personal campaign managers; Local Demopcratic politicians; A "Jacksonian " Republican; First National Committee Chairman; Politicians versus reformers; Politicians as First Assistants; Democratic gentlemen lawyers; A Republican business man; A law partner & a "lame duck"; A representative of the press; A National Committee Vice Chairman; National Committee Chairmen; Appendix: Postmaster removals.

Keywords: American Political History, United States, Postmasters General, Postmaster, Civil Service, Reform Corruption, Politics, ,