Dictionary of the United States Congress: Containing Biographical Sketches of Its Members from the Foundation of the Government ; with an Appendixauthor, 1859 - 693 страница |
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... Assembly . With this lesson and its consequences before us , the time will never come when the deliberations of the Senate shall be swayed by the blandish- ments or the thunders of the galleries . It is impossible to disconnect from an ...
... Assembly . With this lesson and its consequences before us , the time will never come when the deliberations of the Senate shall be swayed by the blandish- ments or the thunders of the galleries . It is impossible to disconnect from an ...
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... Assembly to adopt it , and was for some time its president . He was a member of the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1788 , and a member of the Convention which framed the Constitution of the United States . From 1789 to 1799 he was a ...
... Assembly to adopt it , and was for some time its president . He was a member of the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1788 , and a member of the Convention which framed the Constitution of the United States . From 1789 to 1799 he was a ...
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... Assembly one of the Com- missioners to locate the Farmington Canal , and was made President of that Board . In 1826 was elected Mayor of New Haven . In 1830 he resigned his office as Commissioner . He died in New Haven , May 26 , 1851 ...
... Assembly one of the Com- missioners to locate the Farmington Canal , and was made President of that Board . In 1826 was elected Mayor of New Haven . In 1830 he resigned his office as Commissioner . He died in New Haven , May 26 , 1851 ...
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... Assembly of Virginia , and was re - elected for five years in succession . While a mem- ber of the Legislature , he was elected by that body a brigadier- general of the militia of Eastern Virginia . He resigned his seat , and was ...
... Assembly of Virginia , and was re - elected for five years in succession . While a mem- ber of the Legislature , he was elected by that body a brigadier- general of the militia of Eastern Virginia . He resigned his seat , and was ...
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... Assembly of North Carolina , and served that State as Representative in Congress , from 1803 to 1809 , and from 1811 to 1813 . BLACKLEDGE , WILLIAM S. He was born in Pitt County , North Carolina ; was a member of the General Assembly of ...
... Assembly of North Carolina , and served that State as Representative in Congress , from 1803 to 1809 , and from 1811 to 1813 . BLACKLEDGE , WILLIAM S. He was born in Pitt County , North Carolina ; was a member of the General Assembly of ...
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Страница 125 - 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 article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Страница 111 - SECT. 4. 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 the places of choosing Senators.
Страница 115 - States, and a majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the President, the person having the greatest number of votes of the Electors shall be the Vice-President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall choose from them by ballot the Vice-President.] The Congress may determine the time of choosing the Electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United...
Страница 124 - 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.
Страница 121 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Страница 118 - 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 ; and on...
Страница 124 - 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...
Страница 110 - 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.
Страница 265 - This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.
Страница 117 - No person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor; but shall be delivered up, on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due. SECT. 3. New states may be admitted by the congress into this Union; but no new state shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other state, nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more states...