Preface xi
Chapter 1 "Oh happy Portlanders" 1(12)
Chapter 2 Acting Assistant Paymaster Reed 13(8)
Chapter 3 "The atrocious crime of being a young man" 21(14)
Chapter 4 With a Flap of the "bloody shirt" 35(12)
Chapter 5 "Make it out of paper" 47(16)
Chapter 6 The Freshman Makes His Mark 63(16)
Chapter 7 "Before God and my country" 79(16)
Chapter 8 Battling Heresies 95(19)
Chapter 9 Maine's Disgrace 114(24)
Chapter 10 For Want of a Quorum 138(18)
Chapter 11 Progress Stops in Washington 156(18)
Chapter 12 Votes for Women 174(12)
Chapter 13 "Monumental liar from the state of Maine" 186(25)
Chapter 14 Champion of Protection 211(22)
Chapter 15 Great Plains Land Bubble 233(15)
Chapter 16 To Count a Quorum 248(20)
Chapter 17 "I hope my enemies are satisfied" 268(23)
Chapter 18 For the Gold Standard 291(25)
Chapter 19 "God Almighty hates a quitter" 316(29)
Chapter 20 "Empire can wait" 345(20)
Coda: Roosevelt Comes to Portland 365(12)
Acknowledgments 377(2)
Notes 379(26)
Bibliography 405(6)
Index 411