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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... appointed Ambassador to Holland ; and , in 1782 , he went to Paris to engage in the negotiation for peace , having previously ob- tained assurance that Great Britain would recognize the independence of the United States . After serv ...
... appointed Ambassador to Holland ; and , in 1782 , he went to Paris to engage in the negotiation for peace , having previously ob- tained assurance that Great Britain would recognize the independence of the United States . After serv ...
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... appointed an ensign in the New Jersey line in 1775 ; was promoted to an adjutancy ; as a captain , fought at the battle of Monmouth ; he also went , in 1779 , with Sullivan against the Six Nations ; in 1780 he was at Valley Forge ; in ...
... appointed an ensign in the New Jersey line in 1775 ; was promoted to an adjutancy ; as a captain , fought at the battle of Monmouth ; he also went , in 1779 , with Sullivan against the Six Nations ; in 1780 he was at Valley Forge ; in ...
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... appointed Secre- tary of the Navy by President Har- rison in 1841 ; and was elected a Senator in Congress in 1846 ... appointed , by Governor Clinton , Judge - Advo- cate for the 27th Brigade of In- fantry of New York State , which ...
... appointed Secre- tary of the Navy by President Har- rison in 1841 ; and was elected a Senator in Congress in 1846 ... appointed , by Governor Clinton , Judge - Advo- cate for the 27th Brigade of In- fantry of New York State , which ...
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... appointed , by President Polk , United States District Attorney ; acted a number of times as arbitra- tor between the State of Indiana and private corporations ; in 1852 was appointed a Commissioner to prepare a code of practice for the ...
... appointed , by President Polk , United States District Attorney ; acted a number of times as arbitra- tor between the State of Indiana and private corporations ; in 1852 was appointed a Commissioner to prepare a code of practice for the ...
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... appointed Chargé d'Affaires , immediately after leav- ing Congress . BIDWELL , BARNABAS . He graduated at Yale College in 1785 ; received the degree of LL.D. from that institution ; and was a Representative in Congress , from ...
... appointed Chargé d'Affaires , immediately after leav- ing Congress . BIDWELL , BARNABAS . He graduated at Yale College in 1785 ; received the degree of LL.D. from that institution ; and was a Representative in Congress , from ...
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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.