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... returned to America . In March , 1789 , the new Constitution of the United States went into opera- tion , and he became the first Vice - Pre- sident , which office he held during the whole of Washington's administration . On the ...
... returned to America . In March , 1789 , the new Constitution of the United States went into opera- tion , and he became the first Vice - Pre- sident , which office he held during the whole of Washington's administration . On the ...
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... returned to the State Legislature , which was the last public position he occupied . He died at Winchester , September 3 , 1858. He was a man of ability and of rare virtues . · Allen , Elisha H. - Born in New Salem , Massachusetts ...
... returned to the State Legislature , which was the last public position he occupied . He died at Winchester , September 3 , 1858. He was a man of ability and of rare virtues . · Allen , Elisha H. - Born in New Salem , Massachusetts ...
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... returned and gradu- ated . He studied law , and practised in his native place . He held for a time the office of Prosecutor for the Com- monwealth ; served five years in the Senate of Virginia , and was a Repre- sentative in Congress ...
... returned and gradu- ated . He studied law , and practised in his native place . He held for a time the office of Prosecutor for the Com- monwealth ; served five years in the Senate of Virginia , and was a Repre- sentative in Congress ...
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... returned to Delaware County , Pennsylvania , and was a Representative in Congress , from that State , from 1809 to 1815 , and from 1817 to 1819. He was afterwards a Judge of Delaware County Court , and a Custom - house officer at ...
... returned to Delaware County , Pennsylvania , and was a Representative in Congress , from that State , from 1809 to 1815 , and from 1817 to 1819. He was afterwards a Judge of Delaware County Court , and a Custom - house officer at ...
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... returned home in time for the Presidential canvass of 1856. In 1857 , having been obliged from ill health to decline the position to which he had been invited , of editor of the Washington Union , " he was appoint- ed , by President ...
... returned home in time for the Presidential canvass of 1856. In 1857 , having been obliged from ill health to decline the position to which he had been invited , of editor of the Washington Union , " he was appoint- ed , by President ...
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Dictionary of the United States Congress: Compiled as a Manual of Reference ... Charles Lanman Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1864 |
Dictionary of the United States Congress: Compiled as a Manual of Reference ... Charles Lanman Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1864 |
Dictionary of the United States Congress: Compiled as a Manual of Reference ... Charles Lanman Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1864 |
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Sida 512 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Sida 521 - 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 ; which, when ratified by three-fourths of the said Legislatures, shall be valid as part of the said Constitution, viz.
Sida 517 - 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...
Sida 201 - This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.
Sida 501 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise ; the State remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Sida 499 - Agreeably to the order of the day, the Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their further consideration the Declaration ; and, after some time, the president resumed the chair, and Mr. Harrison reported that the committee have agreed to a Declaration, which they desired him to report. The Declaration being read, was agreed to as follows : " A DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.
Sida 502 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here.
Sida 226 - ... first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen...
Sida 535 - An act for the cession of ten miles square, or any lesser quantity of territory within this State, to the United States in Congress assembled, for the permanent seat of the general government...
Sida 453 - Buren the vote of Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Missouri, Arkansas, and Michigan.