Coolidge, Louis A.

An Old-Fashioned Senator: Orville H. Platt of Connecticut. The Story of a Life Unselfishly Devoted to the Public Service

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1910. 655, illus., appendix, index, boards weak, pencil underlining to several pages, pencil note inside flyleaves, few library marks. Boards somewhat scuffed, board and spine edges worn. Orville Platt served as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1879-1905, and died in office. He was a loyal supporter of Theodore Roosevelt, and urged his nomination in 1904. Condition: fair, ex-lib.

Keywords: Orville Platt, Connecticut, U.S. Senators, Theodore Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Cuba, Henry Teller, Politics & Govt.

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Price: $65.00