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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... devoted to constitutional liberty . Let these great facts speak for themselves to all the world . The career of the United States cannot be measured by that of any other people of whom history gives account ; and the mind is almost ...
... devoted to constitutional liberty . Let these great facts speak for themselves to all the world . The career of the United States cannot be measured by that of any other people of whom history gives account ; and the mind is almost ...
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... devoted much attention to the busi- ness of manufacturing ; was Gover- nor of Rhode Island during the years 1851 , 1852 , and 1853 ; and was elected a Senator in Congress , from his native State , from March 3 , 1853 , serving as a ...
... devoted much attention to the busi- ness of manufacturing ; was Gover- nor of Rhode Island during the years 1851 , 1852 , and 1853 ; and was elected a Senator in Congress , from his native State , from March 3 , 1853 , serving as a ...
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... devoted himself chiefly to the pursuits of agriculture . ALLEN , SAMUEL C. Born in Franklin County , Massa- chusetts ; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1794 ; was a Represen- tative in Congress , from that State , from 1817 to 1829 ...
... devoted himself chiefly to the pursuits of agriculture . ALLEN , SAMUEL C. Born in Franklin County , Massa- chusetts ; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1794 ; was a Represen- tative in Congress , from that State , from 1817 to 1829 ...
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... devoted himself to the improvement of his paternal estate ; and died March 28 , 1855 , of neuralgia , with which he had been afflicted for twenty years . ARMSTRONG , JAMES . A native of Pennsylvania ; dis- tinguished himself in the ...
... devoted himself to the improvement of his paternal estate ; and died March 28 , 1855 , of neuralgia , with which he had been afflicted for twenty years . ARMSTRONG , JAMES . A native of Pennsylvania ; dis- tinguished himself in the ...
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... devoted the most of his life to agricultural pur- suits , and to various interests of commerce , having also for many years carried on one of the most ex- tensive stone quarries in the Union . He was , also , for a number of years ...
... devoted the most of his life to agricultural pur- suits , and to various interests of commerce , having also for many years carried on one of the most ex- tensive stone quarries in the Union . He was , also , for a number of years ...
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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.