He went to Albany a political outcast, he returned to New York gilded with the first rays of a new and rising career, destined to be as remarkable as the most romantic story belonging to the early days of the last century.
De Alexander: “He went to Albany a political outcast, he returned to New York gilded with the first rays of a new and rising career…”
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Alexander narrates Clinton's remarkable political comeback after being ostracized.
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