Dictionary of the United States Congress: Compiled as a Manual of Reference for the Legislator and StatesmanU.S. Government Printing Office, 1864 - 556 Seiten |
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... duated at Harvard University in 1755 ; instructed a class of scholars in Latin and Greek for a subsistence ; studied law , and having been admitted to the bar , settled at Quincy to practise his profession . As a member of the Old ...
... duated at Harvard University in 1755 ; instructed a class of scholars in Latin and Greek for a subsistence ; studied law , and having been admitted to the bar , settled at Quincy to practise his profession . As a member of the Old ...
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... duated at Union College ; settled in Cleveland , Ohio , in 1825 , and practised law ; was Judge of the Superior Court of that State , and elected a Representative in Congress , from 1841 to 1843 , and was a member of the Committee on ...
... duated at Union College ; settled in Cleveland , Ohio , in 1825 , and practised law ; was Judge of the Superior Court of that State , and elected a Representative in Congress , from 1841 to 1843 , and was a member of the Committee on ...
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... duated at the College of New Jersey in 1765 ; studied theology , and , after preaching for a time in Maryland , re- moved to Massachusetts , and settled in Boston . Owing to some difficulties with his congregation , he relinquished the ...
... duated at the College of New Jersey in 1765 ; studied theology , and , after preaching for a time in Maryland , re- moved to Massachusetts , and settled in Boston . Owing to some difficulties with his congregation , he relinquished the ...
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... duated at Brown University , and stu- died law . He was a member of the Maine Legislature from 1811 to 1814 ; a Judge of Probate from 1814 to 1835 ; and a Representative in Congress , from Lincoln County , Maine , from 1835 to ...
... duated at Brown University , and stu- died law . He was a member of the Maine Legislature from 1811 to 1814 ; a Judge of Probate from 1814 to 1835 ; and a Representative in Congress , from Lincoln County , Maine , from 1835 to ...
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... duated at Williams College in 1818 ; studied law , and was admitted to the bar , in New York , in 1821 ; in 1826 was elected District Attorney for the County of Monroe , New York ; and was a Re- presentative in Congress , from New York ...
... duated at Williams College in 1818 ; studied law , and was admitted to the bar , in New York , in 1821 ; in 1826 was elected District Attorney for the County of Monroe , New York ; and was a Re- presentative in Congress , from New York ...
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Seite 512 - 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 521 - Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two- thirds of both Houses concurring, That the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the /United States ; which, when ratified by three-fourths of the said Legislatures, shall be valid as part of the said Constitution, viz.
Seite 517 - Delaware, December 7, 1787 ; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787 ; New Jersey, December 18, 1787 ; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788 ; South Carolina, May 23, 1788 ; New...
Seite 201 - This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.
Seite 501 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise ; the State remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Seite 499 - Agreeably to the order of the day, the Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their further consideration the Declaration ; and, after some time, the president resumed the chair, and Mr. Harrison reported that the committee have agreed to a Declaration, which they desired him to report. The Declaration being read, was agreed to as follows : " A DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.
Seite 502 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here.
Seite 226 - ... first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen...
Seite 535 - An act for the cession of ten miles square, or any lesser quantity of territory within this State, to the United States in Congress assembled, for the permanent seat of the general government...
Seite 453 - Buren the vote of Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Michigan.