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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... native State in Congress from 1843 to 1849 , and was a member of the Committees on the Mili- tia , and on Manufactures . Abbott , Joel . - Was born in Fair- field , Connecticut , emigrated to Georgia , and was elected a Representative ...
... native State in Congress from 1843 to 1849 , and was a member of the Committees on the Mili- tia , and on Manufactures . Abbott , Joel . - Was born in Fair- field , Connecticut , emigrated to Georgia , and was elected a Representative ...
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... native State . Albertson , Nathaniel . - He was born in Virginia , and was elected a Representative in Congress from the First Congressional District of Indiana , from 1849 to 1851 , and was a member of the Committee on Public Lands ...
... native State . Albertson , Nathaniel . - He was born in Virginia , and was elected a Representative in Congress from the First Congressional District of Indiana , from 1849 to 1851 , and was a member of the Committee on Public Lands ...
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... native , of Milton , Vermont ; adopted the profes- sion of law , in which he became distin- guished ; and was a Representative in Congress from Vermont , from 1827 to 1829 , and again from 1833 to 1839 , serving as an active member of ...
... native , of Milton , Vermont ; adopted the profes- sion of law , in which he became distin- guished ; and was a Representative in Congress from Vermont , from 1827 to 1829 , and again from 1833 to 1839 , serving as an active member of ...
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... native State , from March 3 , 1853 , serving as a member of the Committees on Commerce and on Naval Affairs . Allen , Robert . — Born in Augusta County , Virginia . He was a colonel in the army under General Jackson , a Re- presentative ...
... native State , from March 3 , 1853 , serving as a member of the Committees on Commerce and on Naval Affairs . Allen , Robert . — Born in Augusta County , Virginia . He was a colonel in the army under General Jackson , a Re- presentative ...
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... native of Massachusetts ; received a liberal edu- cation ; adopted the profession of law ; served one term in each branch of the State Legislature ; and was elected a Representative from Massachusetts to the Twenty - sixth Congress ...
... native of Massachusetts ; received a liberal edu- cation ; adopted the profession of law ; served one term in each branch of the State Legislature ; and was elected a Representative from Massachusetts to the Twenty - sixth Congress ...
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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.