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... gress , from 1816 to 1826 , and was a member of the Committees on Re- volutionary Pensions and Public Ex- penditures . He died at Uxbridge , Massachusetts , in April , 1837 . ADAMS , GEORGE . He was a Senator in Congress 2.
... gress , from 1816 to 1826 , and was a member of the Committees on Re- volutionary Pensions and Public Ex- penditures . He died at Uxbridge , Massachusetts , in April , 1837 . ADAMS , GEORGE . He was a Senator in Congress 2.
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... Massachusetts , October 30 , 1735 ; graduated at Harvard University in 1755 ; in- structed a class of scholars in Latin and Greek for a subsistence ; studied law , and having been admitted to the bar , settled at Quincy to prac- tice ...
... Massachusetts , October 30 , 1735 ; graduated at Harvard University in 1755 ; in- structed a class of scholars in Latin and Greek for a subsistence ; studied law , and having been admitted to the bar , settled at Quincy to prac- tice ...
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... Massachusetts , February 11 , 1815 ; graduated at Bowdoin College , Maine , in 1834 ; was admitted to practice law at Portland , Maine , in 1837. In the winter of 1838-39 he became editor of a Democratic newspaper in that city , ( The ...
... Massachusetts , February 11 , 1815 ; graduated at Bowdoin College , Maine , in 1834 ; was admitted to practice law at Portland , Maine , in 1837. In the winter of 1838-39 he became editor of a Democratic newspaper in that city , ( The ...
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... Massachusetts , June 1 , 1790 , but was removed in infancy to Hudson , New York , where he resided until he reached the age of twenty - seven . He then went to Illinois , and after practicing law in that State for two years , re- moved ...
... Massachusetts , June 1 , 1790 , but was removed in infancy to Hudson , New York , where he resided until he reached the age of twenty - seven . He then went to Illinois , and after practicing law in that State for two years , re- moved ...
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... Massachusetts ; graduated at Yale College in 1794 ; the son of John Bacon ; and a Re- presentative in Congress , from Mas- sachusetts , from 1807 to 1813 . BACON , JOHN . He was born in Canterbury , Con- necticut ; graduated at the ...
... Massachusetts ; graduated at Yale College in 1794 ; the son of John Bacon ; and a Re- presentative in Congress , from Mas- sachusetts , from 1807 to 1813 . BACON , JOHN . He was born in Canterbury , Con- necticut ; graduated at the ...
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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.