The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-1790, Volume 2

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Merrill Jensen, Robert A. Becker, Gordon DenBoer
Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1976 - 544 páginas

The second volume in The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections covers the federal elections in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia. As in Volume I, biographical sketches of the principal candidates for office and maps of the electoral districts in each state are provided, and the historical context of the documents is sketched in introductions and editorial notes.
In all the volumes of The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, the reader will find a wide range of sources from official proclamations to contemporary newspaper accounts, from biographical sketches of candidates to the election results. Maps showing electoral districts accompany the political developments in each state.

 

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Passage of the Election Resolution
18
The Election of Presidential Electors and Their Votes
47
Passage of the Election
67
The Election of Senators
73
The Election of a Representative and Presidential Electors
81
Background of the Elections
107
Passage of the Election
123
The Election of Senators
151
The Election of Senators
280
The Election of Presidential Electors and Their Votes
298
The Election of Representatives
310
Commentaries on the Elections
366
Background of the Elections
433
The Election of Presidential Electors and Their Votes
440
Passage of the Election Law
453
The Election of Representatives
460

The Election of Representatives and Presidential Electors
158
The Votes of the Presidential Electors
230
Background of the Elections
257
Commentaries on the Elections
477
Index
493
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