The Presidents of the United States 1789-1894James Grant Wilson D. Appleton, 1894 - 526 страница |
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... candidates for the same office , whose pretensions , ability , and integrity may be nearly equal , and who will come forward so equally supported in every respect as almost to require the aid of supernatural intuition to fix upon the ...
... candidates for the same office , whose pretensions , ability , and integrity may be nearly equal , and who will come forward so equally supported in every respect as almost to require the aid of supernatural intuition to fix upon the ...
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... candidate . He was chosen unanimously by the electors , and took the oath of office again on 4 March , 1793 . He had but just entered on this second term of the presidency when the news reached him that France had declared war against ...
... candidate . He was chosen unanimously by the electors , and took the oath of office again on 4 March , 1793 . He had but just entered on this second term of the presidency when the news reached him that France had declared war against ...
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... candidates for the presidency and vice - presidency were voted for without any separate speci- fication , the second office falling to the candidate who obtained the second highest number of votes in the electoral college . Of the 69 ...
... candidates for the presidency and vice - presidency were voted for without any separate speci- fication , the second office falling to the candidate who obtained the second highest number of votes in the electoral college . Of the 69 ...
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... candidate for the vice - presidency ; but when the votes were counted Adams had 77 , Clinton 50 , Jefferson 4 , and Aaron Burr 1. During this administration Adams , by his casting vote , defeated the attempt of the republicans to balk ...
... candidate for the vice - presidency ; but when the votes were counted Adams had 77 , Clinton 50 , Jefferson 4 , and Aaron Burr 1. During this administration Adams , by his casting vote , defeated the attempt of the republicans to balk ...
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... anything pub- lic . " Nevertheless , in 1796 , Washington having refused to serve a third term in the presidency , he allowed his name to be used as that of a candidate for the succession . 76 LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS .
... anything pub- lic . " Nevertheless , in 1796 , Washington having refused to serve a third term in the presidency , he allowed his name to be used as that of a candidate for the succession . 76 LIVES OF THE PRESIDENTS .
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