Dictionary of the United States Congress: Containing Biographical Sketches of Its Members from the Foundation of the Government ; with an Appendixauthor, 1859 - 693 Seiten |
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... WILLIAM . Born in Rutherford County , Ten- nessee , August 21 , 1821 , and pur- sued a partial course of studies at the Nashville University . He is a lawyer by profession ; held a com- mission in the staff of the 2d Mis- sissippi ...
... WILLIAM . Born in Rutherford County , Ten- nessee , August 21 , 1821 , and pur- sued a partial course of studies at the Nashville University . He is a lawyer by profession ; held a com- mission in the staff of the 2d Mis- sissippi ...
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... WILLIAM . He was a Delegate to the Con- tinental Congress in 1782 , 1783 , 1786 , and 1787 , from North Caro- lina ; and was Governor of the ter- ritory south of the Ohio , having been appointed to that office in 1790 . In 1796 , he was ...
... WILLIAM . He was a Delegate to the Con- tinental Congress in 1782 , 1783 , 1786 , and 1787 , from North Caro- lina ; and was Governor of the ter- ritory south of the Ohio , having been appointed to that office in 1790 . In 1796 , he was ...
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... WILLIAM . He was a Representative in Con- gress , from Indiana , from 1837 to 1839 . GRAHAM , WILLIAM A. Was born in 1800 , in North Ca- rolina , and represented that State in the United States Senate two years , viz . , from 1841 to ...
... WILLIAM . He was a Representative in Con- gress , from Indiana , from 1837 to 1839 . GRAHAM , WILLIAM A. Was born in 1800 , in North Ca- rolina , and represented that State in the United States Senate two years , viz . , from 1841 to ...
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... WILLIAM . He was born in Connecticut , and having settled in Vermont , was elected a Representative in Con- gress , from that State , from 1849 to 1853 . HEISTER , DANIEL . He was a Representative in Con- gress , from Pennsylvania ...
... WILLIAM . He was born in Connecticut , and having settled in Vermont , was elected a Representative in Con- gress , from that State , from 1849 to 1853 . HEISTER , DANIEL . He was a Representative in Con- gress , from Pennsylvania ...
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... WILLIAM F. He was born in Alexandria , Vir- ginia , December 10 , 1808 ; had few educational advantages ; practiced ... WILLIAM G. He was born in New York , and was a Representative in Congress , from that State , from 1843 to 1844 ...
... WILLIAM F. He was born in Alexandria , Vir- ginia , December 10 , 1808 ; had few educational advantages ; practiced ... WILLIAM G. He was born in New York , and was a Representative in Congress , from that State , from 1843 to 1844 ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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 ;...
Seite 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...
Seite 263 - This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.