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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... profession ; in 1839 , he was elected to the State Legis- lature , and re - elected ; he was a Representative in Congress , from Kentucky , from 1847 to 1849 , and was a member of the Committee on Engraving . He was also a Presi ...
... profession ; in 1839 , he was elected to the State Legis- lature , and re - elected ; he was a Representative in Congress , from Kentucky , from 1847 to 1849 , and was a member of the Committee on Engraving . He was also a Presi ...
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... profession of law , in which he became dis- tinguished ; and was a Representa- tive in Congress , from Vermont , from 1827 to 1829 , and again from 1833 to 1839 , serving as an active member of the Committee on Claims . He subsequently ...
... profession of law , in which he became dis- tinguished ; and was a Representa- tive in Congress , from Vermont , from 1827 to 1829 , and again from 1833 to 1839 , serving as an active member of the Committee on Claims . He subsequently ...
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... profession , in his native town , in 1781. He was ac- knowledged to be the most eloquent debater in the House of Represen- tatives , and was the author of the " Address " of that body , to Wash- ington , on his retirement from the ...
... profession , in his native town , in 1781. He was ac- knowledged to be the most eloquent debater in the House of Represen- tatives , and was the author of the " Address " of that body , to Wash- ington , on his retirement from the ...
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... profession ; he was a Representative in Congress , from Maryland , from 1801 to 1807 ; and died in 1810. As a medical man he commanded great influence , and several discoveries were made by him , which have been adopted by the profession ...
... profession ; he was a Representative in Congress , from Maryland , from 1801 to 1807 ; and died in 1810. As a medical man he commanded great influence , and several discoveries were made by him , which have been adopted by the profession ...
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... profession ; and was a Representa- tive in Congress , from his , native State , from 1821 to 1835. He died at Groton , January 3 , 1845. He was a man of ability , and while in Congress accomplished much good for his native State , where ...
... profession ; and was a Representa- tive in Congress , from his , native State , from 1821 to 1835. He died at Groton , January 3 , 1845. He was a man of ability , and while in Congress accomplished much good for his native State , where ...
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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.