Dictionary of the United States Congress: And the General Government Compiled as a Book of Reference for the American PeopleT. Belknap and H.E. Goodwin, 1868 - 628 Seiten |
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... University . Adams , George M. - Born in Knox County , Kentucky , December 20 , 1837 ; educated at Centre College ; studied law ; was Clerk of the Circuit Court of Knox County from 1859 to 1861 ; subsequently served for a few months as ...
... University . Adams , George M. - Born in Knox County , Kentucky , December 20 , 1837 ; educated at Centre College ; studied law ; was Clerk of the Circuit Court of Knox County from 1859 to 1861 ; subsequently served for a few months as ...
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... University of Vermont . He was first elected a Representative in Congress from Vermont in 1817 , but resigned in 1818 to accept from President Munroe the appoint- ment of United States Marshal for the Dis- trict of Vermont . In 1823 he ...
... University of Vermont . He was first elected a Representative in Congress from Vermont in 1817 , but resigned in 1818 to accept from President Munroe the appoint- ment of United States Marshal for the Dis- trict of Vermont . In 1823 he ...
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... University in 1774 ; studied law in Boston , and commenced the practice of it in his native town . distinguished himself as a member of the Massachusetts Convention for ratifying the Constitution in 1788 ; from that body he passed into ...
... University in 1774 ; studied law in Boston , and commenced the practice of it in his native town . distinguished himself as a member of the Massachusetts Convention for ratifying the Constitution in 1788 ; from that body he passed into ...
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... University the de- gree of LL.D. In 1861 he was appointed Attorney - General in President Lincoln's Cabinet . Bates , Isaac C. - Born at Granville , Massachusetts , in 1780 , and graduated at Yale College in 1802. He studied law and ...
... University the de- gree of LL.D. In 1861 he was appointed Attorney - General in President Lincoln's Cabinet . Bates , Isaac C. - Born at Granville , Massachusetts , in 1780 , and graduated at Yale College in 1802. He studied law and ...
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... University in 1795 , studied law , and came to the bar in 1799. He held a number of local offices , served in the State Legislature in 1830 and 1831 , and was a Representative in Congress , from Massachusetts , from 1813 to 1817 , and ...
... University in 1795 , studied law , and came to the bar in 1799. He held a number of local offices , served in the State Legislature in 1830 and 1831 , and was a Representative in Congress , from Massachusetts , from 1813 to 1817 , and ...
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Seite 524 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them, from time to time, of attempts made by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here.
Seite 533 - United States in Congress assembled can be consulted ; nor shall any State grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the United States in Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States...
Seite 532 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Seite 534 - ... defend their claim or cause, the court shall nevertheless proceed to pronounce sentence or judgment, which shall in like manner be final and decisive, the judgment or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to Congress, and lodged among the acts of Congress for the security of the parties concerned: provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath, to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where...
Seite 539 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Seite 544 - American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety — perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each State in the convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected ; and thus, the constitution which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession, which the peculiarity of our political...
Seite 533 - ... the United States in Congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Seite 532 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year...
Seite 534 - States, whose jurisdictions as they may respect such lands, and the States which passed such grants, are adjusted ; the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated...
Seite 534 - ... clothe, arm, and equip as many of such extra number as they judge can be safely spared, and the officers and men so clothed, armed, and equipped shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States, in Congress assembled.