1. T R Roosevelt
He is not safe for the men who wish to prosecute selfish schemes to the public detriment . . . who wish government to be conducted with greater reference to campaign contributions than to the public good . . . who wish to draw the President of the United States into a corner and make whispered arrangements which they dare not have known by their constituents." ... The Gilded Age politics are described by John J Newman in United States History as " the era of "forgettable" presidents, none of whom served two consecutive terms, and of politicians who largely ignored problems arising from the g...
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