Trivia 5-11-17

[Trivia Master]

"a motley mixture, consisting of one statesman, one politician, two jobbers, one intriguer and two respectable old gentlemen."
1. Who said it ?
2. To whom were they referring?

credit: @Brenal

 

[kholland]

Charles Francis Adams was talking about the members of Lincoln's Cabinet.

 

[DBF]

Who: Charles Francis Adams (U.S. Representative from Massachusetts)
Whom: Lincoln's Cabinet
Page 58 - Abraham Lincoln: A Life by Michael Burlingame

 

[Reb]

U.S. Minister to Great Britain, Charles Francis Adams, speaking of Lincoln cabinet members: Seward, Chase, Welles, Cameron, Bates, Smith, and Blair.

www.scribd.com/document/242761141/William-Henry-Seward-Glyndon-G-Van-Deusen

books.google.com/books?id=OmuAJ8ebZb8C&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=a+motley+mixture,+consisting+of+one+statesman,+one+politician,+two+jobbers,+one+intriguer+and+two+respectable+old+gentlemen."&source=bl&ots=gREvIjw-pm&sig=3b_Z8brX5wWxnqmZXUCzzwD6S0c&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwit__X56OfTAhVK02MKHXUIBTEQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q=a%20motley%20mixture%2C%20consisting%20of%20one%20statesman%2C%20one%20politician%2C%20two%20jobbers%2C%20one%20intriguer%20and%20two%20respectable%20old%20gentlemen.%22&f=false

 

[Schwallanscher]

charles francis adams - lincoln's cabinet

source (p2202/3)

 

[adisciu9]

William Howard Russell about Lincoln's cabinet

 

[captaindrew]

Charles Francis Adams, I believe he was referring to Lincoln's cabinet

 

[Copperhead-mi]

1. Charles Francis Adams
2. Lincoln's Cabinet

"That body, in addition to Seward, consisted of Chase (Treasury), Welles (Navy), Cameron (War), Bates (Attorney General), Caleb B. Smith (Interior), and Montgomery Blair (Postmaster General), a group that Charles Francis Adams characterized as 'a motley mixture, consisting of one statesman, one politician, two jobbers, one intriguer, and two respectable old gentlemen.'"
Source: William Henry Seward, pg. 376, Glyndon G. Van Dusen

 

[GS]

Sounds like something Mrs. Chesnut might say... likely referring to house visitors there to see her husband.

Edit - Sorry, Gladys, although it's something Mrs. Chesnut might have said, I can't find any source indicating that she actually said it.

Welcome to the trivia game, anyway. Hope you'll come back and play again.

Hoosier

 

[William G Hendry]

Charles Francis Adams

Lincolns Warring Cabinet

From the book, Freedom, Union, and power. Page 101 By Michael S. Green

 

[Mike Serpa]

US minister to the UK Charles Francis Adams
The Lincoln Cabinet

 

[57th Indiana Infantry]

Charles Francis Adams
Lincoln's Cabinet

 

[Wallyfish]

Charles Francis Adams said that referring to Abraham Lincoln's cabinet.





https://books.google.com/books?id=n...&q=lincoln's cabinet a motley mixture&f=false

 

[MC44]

Charles Francis Adams referring to Lincoln's cabinet members.

 

[FarawayFriend]

1) It was said by politician Charles Francis Adams, son of 6. President John Quincy Adams and Grandson of 2nd President John Adams.
2) He referred to Lincolns "compound cabinet", which was regarded by some as a wild mixture of former rivals.

Lincoln's "compound cabinet" did not please all Republicans. Charles Francis
Adams called it a "motley mixture, containing one statesman, one politician, two jobbers,

 

[Jackson'sArm]

Charles Francis Adams, US ambassador to the Court of St. James in Britain, said it, about Lincoln's cabinet.

 

[Nayinpa]

Charles Francis Adams said this about Lincolns cabinet

 

[JOHN42768]

Charles Francis Adams referring to Pres. Lincoln and the Cabinet mambers

 

[MRB1863]

Charles Francis Adams referring to the rest of the Cabinet

 

[lelliott19]

Charles Francis Adams referring to members of Lincoln's cabinet. (Source below; page 75)

Not the quote referenced in the Q but it sounds somewhat familiar? I guess we can hope? Adams was also highly critical of Lincoln's actions during his first month in office, writing that Lincoln was:
"......a vulgar man, unfitted both by education and nature for the post of President......Mr. Lincoln…has no conception of his situation. And having no system in his composition he has undertaken to manage the whole thing as if he knew all about it. The first evidence of this is to be found in his direct interference in the removal of Clerks in the Departments. The second is his nomination of persons suggested by domestic influence." https://books.google.com/books?id=O...uer and two respectable old gentlemen&f=false