Frederick J Blue

Biographic Data

ID1690646
NAMEFrederick J Blue
GIVEN NAMESFrederick J
FAMILY NAMEBlue
SIGNATUREBLUE F J
AFFILIATIONSYoungstown State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS21
TOTAL CITATIONS10
WORKS AS AUTHOR21
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1973
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
H-INDEX2

  • Civil War Senator

    Frederick J BlueARTICLEJournal of American History2011

    William Pitt Fessenden is best known for his vote in the Senate to acquit Andrew Johnson in the impeachment trial of 1868. But Robert J. Cook makes a strong case for Fessenden being important as a leading politician of the Civil War era. In this first biography of Fessenden in more than half a century, Cook describes him as a centrist antislavery Republican who helped guide the Union financial effort and successfully sought moderation in the trea…

  • No Taint of Compromise

    Myra C Glenn, Frederick J BlueARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History2006

    The antislavery proponents Blue profiles include Alvan Stewart, John Greenleaf Whittier, Charles Henry Langston, Owen Lovejoy, Sherman Booth, Jane Grey Swisshelm, George W. Julian, David Wilmot, Benjamin and Edward Wade, and Jessie Benton Fremont. Working through the Liberty, Free Soil, Democratic, Whig, and Republican organizations, they represented the full spectrum of opinions on and approaches to abolition. Blue highlights their motives and a…

  • Team of Rivals

    Frederick J BlueARTICLEJournal of American History2006

    Journal Article Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Get access Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. By Goodwin Doris Kearns. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005. xx, 916 pp. $35.00, isbn0-684-82490-6.) Frederick J. Blue Frederick J. Blue Emeritus Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 93, Issue 2,…

  • Young Charles Sumner and the Legacy of the American Enlightenment, 1811-1851

    Frederick J Blue, Anne-Marie TaylorARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic2002

    An outspoken abolitionist, a founder of the Free Soil and Republican parties, and a leading member of the U.S. Senate for more than twenty years, Charles Sumner (1811-1874) has always figured prominently in histories of the American Civil War. For the most part, however, he has been depicted as a psychologically troubled extremist, a fanatical opponent of slavery whose self-righteousness was matched only by his arrogance. In this book, Anne-Marie…

  • Perfectionist Politics

    Frederick J Blue, Douglas M StrongARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic2000Cited by: 2

  • James K. Polk and the Expansionist Impulse

    Frederick J Blue, Sam W HaynesARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1998

    This biography explores the controversies, triumphs, and failures of the presidency of James K. Polk. Sam W. Haynes places Polk's expansionist agenda in both political and social contexts and examines the nature and origins of the expansionist impulse. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American History…

  • Africa, Asia, and Latin America

    Open AccessJ Gordon, Ralph A Austen et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1998

  • Contact Points

    Frederick J Blue, Andrew Cayton et al.ARTICLEMichigan Historical Review1998Cited by: 7

  • The Poet and the Reformer

    Frederick J BlueARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic1995

  • Charles Sumner and the Conscience of the North

    Tim Matthewson, Frederick J BlueARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1995

  • Charles Sumner and the Conscience of the North

    Paul Goodman, Frederick J BlueARTICLEJournal of American History1995

  • Bingham of the Hills

    Frederick J Blue, Erving E BeauregardARTICLEJournal of American History1991

    Journal Article Bingham of the Hills: Politician and Diplomat Extraordinary. By Erving E. Beauregard. (New York: Lang, 1989. xxii + 327 pp. $54.50.) Get access Frederick J. Blue Frederick J. Blue Youngstown State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 78, Issue 2, September 1991, Pages 675–676, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079596 Published: 01 September 1991

  • Winfield Scott Hancock

    Frederick J Blue, David M JordanARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1990

  • Galusha A. Grow

    Frederick J Blue, Robert D IlisevichARTICLEJournal of American History1990

    Journal Article Galusha A. Grow: The People's Candidate. By Robert D. Ilisevich. (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988. xiv + 320 pp. $39.95.) Get access Frederick J. Blue Frederick J. Blue Youngstown State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 1, June 1990, Pages 308–309, https://doi.org/10.2307/2078708 Published: 01 June 1990

  • The Plundering Generation

    Frederick J Blue, Mark Wahlgren SummersARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic1988

  • The Slave Power and its Enemies

    Louis S Gerteis, Paul H Bergeron et al.ARTICLEReviews in American History1988

  • The Fur Trade of the American West, 1807-1840

    Frederick J Blue, David J Wishart et al.ARTICLEJournal of the Early Republic1981Cited by: 1

  • The Free Soilers

    Kinley J Brauer, Frederick J BlueARTICLEThe Journal of Southern History1974

  • The Free Soilers

    Richard O Curry, Frederick J BlueARTICLEJournal of American History1974

    Journal Article The Free Soilers: Third Party Politics, 1848–54. By Frederick J. Blue. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1973. xii + 350 pp. Tables, appendixes, notes, bibliographical essay, bibliography, and index. $10.95.) Get access Richard O. Curry Richard O. Curry University of Connecticut Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 60, Issue 4, March 1974, Pages 1126–1127…

  • The Secession Movement in the Middle Atlantic States

    Frederick J Blue, William C WrightARTICLEJournal of American History1974

    Journal Article The Secession Movement in the Middle Atlantic States. By William C. Wright. (Rutherford, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1973. 274 pp. Appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $15.00.) Get access Frederick J. Blue Frederick J. Blue Youngstown State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 61, Issue 1, June 1974, Pages 195–196, https://doi…

  • Politics and Principle

    Richard H Sewell, Frederick J BlueARTICLEReviews in American History1973