Dictionary of the United States Congress: Containing Biographical Sketches of Its Members from the Foundation of the Government ; with an Appendixauthor, 1859 - 693 páginas |
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... Houses met in a brick building known as Blodget's Hotel , which occupied a part of the square now covered by the General Post - office . But the accommodations in that house being quite insufficient , a number of public - spirited ...
... Houses met in a brick building known as Blodget's Hotel , which occupied a part of the square now covered by the General Post - office . But the accommodations in that house being quite insufficient , a number of public - spirited ...
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... House of Representatives , in the Maine Legislature , in 1842 and 1843 , and was elected to the Thirty - fifth Con- gress . He is a member of the Com- mittee on Revolutionary Pensions . ABERCROMBIE , JAMES . He was born in Georgia , and ...
... House of Representatives , in the Maine Legislature , in 1842 and 1843 , and was elected to the Thirty - fifth Con- gress . He is a member of the Com- mittee on Revolutionary Pensions . ABERCROMBIE , JAMES . He was born in Georgia , and ...
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... House in the latter year . He was a Repre- sentative in Congress , from 1845 to 1851 , and was a member of the Committees on the Judiciary , In- dian Affairs , and on Rules . Since that time he has been devoted to the practice of his ...
... House in the latter year . He was a Repre- sentative in Congress , from 1845 to 1851 , and was a member of the Committees on the Judiciary , In- dian Affairs , and on Rules . Since that time he has been devoted to the practice of his ...
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... House of Delegates of that State , and a Representative in Con- gress , from 1838 to 1842 , and was a member of the Committee on Claims . He was found drowned in a stream in Madison County , Vir- ginia , February 24 , 1842 . BANKS ...
... House of Delegates of that State , and a Representative in Con- gress , from 1838 to 1842 , and was a member of the Committee on Claims . He was found drowned in a stream in Madison County , Vir- ginia , February 24 , 1842 . BANKS ...
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... House of Delegates , and Governor of that State ; and a Senator in Congress , from 1815 to 1825 , officiating as Chairman of the Committees on Foreign Relations and the District of Columbia , and serving on other important com- mittees ...
... House of Delegates , and Governor of that State ; and a Senator in Congress , from 1815 to 1825 , officiating as Chairman of the Committees on Foreign Relations and the District of Columbia , and serving on other important com- mittees ...
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Página 113 - The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood or Forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted. ARTICLE IV. SECTION 1. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the Public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State.
Página 107 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to th.e places of choosing senators.
Página 120 - THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Página 106 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
Página 120 - After the first enumeration required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number...
Página 116 - 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 Hampshire, June 21, 1788; Virginia, June 26, 1788; and New York, July 26, 1788.
Página 120 - ARTICLES IN ADDITION TO, AND AMENDMENT OF, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PROPOSED BY CONGRESS, AND RATIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURES OF THE SEVERAL STATES PURSUANT TO THE FIFTH ARTICLE OF THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION : Article I.
Página 114 - ... states concerned, as well as of the congress. The congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECT. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ;...
Página 120 - 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 articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States...
Página 263 - This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.