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Ohhh, the Gilded Age. A period defined by what I refer to as "mediocre" presidents. What did Harrison do? Just like all the other presidents between Johnson and McKinley (into TR) -- were there really to settle some disputes within their own parites, cater to everyone (why they largely avoided serious issues) but largely to sign all laws the Congress passed.


I think that after all the executive intensity of the Civil War and Reconstruction, Congress began to reassert its authority.


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