THE REPUBLICAN ERA is the fourth volume of Dr. Leonard White's brilliant series, which traces the evolution of our system of government from 1798 to 1901.
In THE REPUBLICAN ERA, the author covers the years beginning with Grant's administration and ending with the assumption of the presidency by Theodore Roosevelt in September, 1901. Over these formative years, the author traces the changes, expansion, and progress of the great government departments and the personalities of the men at the helm.
The years from 1869-1901 marked the gradual restoration of …
THE REPUBLICAN ERA is the fourth volume of Dr. Leonard White's brilliant series, which traces the evolution of our system of government from 1798 to 1901.
In THE REPUBLICAN ERA, the author covers the years beginning with Grant's administration and ending with the assumption of the presidency by Theodore Roosevelt in September, 1901. Over these formative years, the author traces the changes, expansion, and progress of the great government departments and the personalities of the men at the helm.
The years from 1869-1901 marked the gradual restoration of the authority of the President after it had been nearly wrecked by the impeachment of Andrew Johnson and the abnegation of Grant. During these years the Civil Service Commission began its work, and the "spoils system" inaugurated by Jackson was gradually expelled from the public service. New ideals of the role and function of government, sometimes against stubborn opposition, gradually took hold. Besides a five-fold expansion in the civilian payroll, two new departments, Justice and Agriculture, were added to the government establishment.
This important period in our history —covering the administrations of Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison and McKinley—heralded the dawn of a new century, in which would be enacted profound political, social, and economic changes.
