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Gencor · (This post was last modified: 11-03-2014 11:41 PM by Gencor.)

(11-02-2014 07:56 PM)L Verge Wrote: Genna, please call me Laurie. As for the posting problems, The host server for this forum is experiencing difficulties. Contact Roger, and he will give you hints on how to get around this - especially using refresh/reload feature on each page you want to go to.

Thank you, Laurie. I did contact Roger to report my problem with logging in. I was interested to hear your thoughts about the post that I made to answer your questions. I have been reading about Sprague and what happened to him after the divorce and I have come up with alot of information, that I posted for you. I found it most interesting that after his divorce from Kate, and a few mid life screw ups, he really led a pretty dull life. I thought Oller's quotes from Sprague, at the end of the book, when Sprague commented that he would not want to live out those early years ever again, was hilarious since, as soon as he married Dora, he came back, almost immediately from the wedding/honeymoon and ran for Governor of Rhode Island. Even into his late 60's he was trying to stay in politics by running for town council president. This man is a true study in habitual lies and contradictions. That didn't seem to change after Kate divorced him. LOL

(11-03-2014 03:29 PM)LincolnToddFan Wrote:
(10-31-2014 08:39 AM)Gene C Wrote: So if you compared Mary and Kate - who was more skilled in politics, and who was more influential on a political career? Mary on her husbands, or Kate on her father's?

That's a good question. I'll say Mary. In spite of her personality quirks, Abraham made it to become President. But then in my opinion, she also had the better man to support and encourage.

Kate certainly had her charms and abilities, but I'm not so sure she was the better judge of people, but maybe a bit more discreet than Mary. Anyone recommend a good book about Salmon Chase? (other than Team of Rivals - which is very good)

I had always thought that Kate married Sprague to help get financing for her fathers run for the presidency. Sprague has given me the impression of someone who rose to power and money to quickly and didn't know how to properly deal with it. He let those things control his life, instead of the other way around. He ended up with the usual results.

A big, hearty AMEN here, Gene! I agree 100%, especially as to the reasons she married Sprague, who turned out to be quite the TWERP in the words of another poster.

Mary lacked Kate's self-control, but Kate's life was never the endless theater of loss and trauma that was Mary's lot almost from the beginning.
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If you are looking for a really good book about Salmon Chase's biography, the latest one, and I recommend it, Salmon P. Chase: A Biography by John Niven. It is a very good read and Mr. Niven really did his homework on this one.