Dictionary of the United States Congress: Containing Biographical Sketches of Its Members from the Foundation of the Government ; with an Appendixauthor, 1859 - 693 страници |
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... Speaker's room , two days after falling from his seat in the House of Representatives , Febru- ary 23 , 1848. His last words were : " This is the end of earth ; I am content . " He published " Letters on Silesia , " " Lectures on ...
... Speaker's room , two days after falling from his seat in the House of Representatives , Febru- ary 23 , 1848. His last words were : " This is the end of earth ; I am content . " He published " Letters on Silesia , " " Lectures on ...
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... Speaker of the House in the latter year . He was a Repre- sentative in Congress , from 1845 to 1851 , and was a member of the Committees on the Judiciary , In- dian Affairs , and on Rules . Since that time he has been devoted to the ...
... Speaker of the House in the latter year . He was a Repre- sentative in Congress , from 1845 to 1851 , and was a member of the Committees on the Judiciary , In- dian Affairs , and on Rules . Since that time he has been devoted to the ...
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... Speaker of the House of Delegates of that State , and a Representative in Con- gress , from 1838 to 1842 , and was a member of the Committee on Claims . He was found drowned in a stream in Madison County , Vir- ginia , February 24 ...
... Speaker of the House of Delegates of that State , and a Representative in Con- gress , from 1838 to 1842 , and was a member of the Committee on Claims . He was found drowned in a stream in Madison County , Vir- ginia , February 24 ...
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... Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1821 ; in 1825 he was appointed Judge of the Eastern District of Virginia ; was again in Congress from 1827 to 1830 , officiating as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee ; and in 1836 was ...
... Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1821 ; in 1825 he was appointed Judge of the Eastern District of Virginia ; was again in Congress from 1827 to 1830 , officiating as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee ; and in 1836 was ...
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... Speaker , up to 1847 ; in 1851 he was elected Governor of Pennsylvania ; subse- quently became President of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company ; and in 1855 was elected a Senator in Congress , where he still continues , serving ...
... Speaker , up to 1847 ; in 1851 he was elected Governor of Pennsylvania ; subse- quently became President of the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company ; and in 1855 was elected a Senator in Congress , where he still continues , serving ...
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Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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 ;...
Страница 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...
Страница 263 - This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.