TABLE OF CONTENTS
V O L U M E T H R E E
| Chapter | Contents | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| I | The Republican Convention of 1865—Declares for Negro Suffrage—The Union Anti-Negro Suffrage Party—The Democratic State Convention—A Warm Canvass—Republican Ticket Elected—The State Bank and Branches Retire from Business—The Eleventh General Assembly—The Swamp Land Indemnity Funds Embezzled—Legislative Investigation Amendments Proposed to the Constitution—Kirkwood and Harlan Chosen United States Senators—Geological Survey of the State—Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home—The Policy of President Johnson Alienates the Republican Party—Republican State Convention of 1866—A Conservative Republican Convention and Ticket—Democratic State Convention Indorses the Conservative Ticket—Result of the Election |
1-15 |
| II | Financial Situation in 1867—Republican and Democratic Conventions of the Same Year—Result of the Elections—The Grasshopper Scourge—The Twelfth General Assembly—Ratification of Amendments to the Constitution—The Impeachment of President Johnson—Senator James W. Grimes on Impeachment Political Conventions of 1868—Result of the Elections—Legislative Control of Railroad Charges—Opening of the State Agricultural College—Railroad Building in Iowa and the Land Grants—Convention to Promote a Water Route from the Lakes to the Mississippi—Political Conventions of 1869—Republican Ticket Elected—The Thirteenth General Assembly—Wright and Howell Chosen United States Senators—Important Acts of Legislation—Crocker County Created and the Act Declared Void by the Supreme Court |
17-32 |
| III | Political Conventions of 1870—Result of the Elections—Great Reunion of Iowa Soldiers—20,000 |
