In one incident, this man was mocked for a letter he wrote to the Secretary of State which described him sitting down for a "hasty plate of soup." This man proposed that immigrants be required to serve in the military to obtain voting rights in letters written under the alias "Americus." Gideon Pillow wrote the "Leonidas" letter giving himself credit instead of this man for military victories. During his presidential campaign, William Seward trie
In one incident, this man was mocked for a letter he wrote to the Secretary of State which described him sitting down for a "hasty plate of soup." This man proposed that immigrants be required to serve in the military to obtain voting rights in letters written under the alias "Americus." Gideon Pillow wrote the "Leonidas" letter giving himself credit instead of this man for military victories. During his presidential campaign, William Seward tried to gain votes for this man by publicly endorsing (*) Lajos Kossuth. He was severely wounded while commanding the First Brigade at the Battle of Lundy's Lane during the War of 1812, and he would go on to devise the Anaconda Plan while serving as the initial general-in-chief of the Union. For 10 points, identify this Whig candidate, a Mexican American War hero who lost to Franklin Pierce in 1852 despite his reputation as "Old Fuss and Feathers."
In one incident, this man was mocked for a letter he wrote to the Secretary of State which described him sitting down for a "hasty plate of soup.
Winfield {Scott}