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19th amendment 67th Congress American citizens ballots Beall believe bill board of trade Chairman Chamber of Commerce CHAMBERLAIN CHUMBRIS Commissioners constituting the seat constitutional amendment democratic District constituting District of Columbia electoral college electors of President enactment entitled ESTES KEFAUVER favor Federal City Federation of Women's FENSTERWALD form of government franchise hearings home rule House of Representatives Joint Resolution 138 Judiciary Committee Junior Chamber McKelway MCLAUGHLIN ment Miss BUTLER National Capital national representation number of electors number of Senators poll tax President and Vice Presidential electors privilege proposed amendment Proposing an amendment ratified record responsibility right to vote S.J. Res seat of government self-government Senate Joint Resolution Senator KEATING Senator KEFAUVER Senator Randolph Senators and Representatives Soroptomist Club South Dakota subcommittee suffrage Thank three delegates tion U.S. Senate United Virginia vote for President voteless voting representation voting rights Washington Board whole number Women's Clubs
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Page 22 - The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State...
Page 3 - A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by...
Page 29 - Jurisdiction over the territory which " was ceded by the State of Maryland to the Congress of the United States for the permanent seat of the Government of the United States.
Page 32 - Joint Committee on National Representation for the District of Columbia...
Page 31 - The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Page 2 - Resolved by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of...
Page 36 - That we respectfully urge upon the Congress of the United States and the legislatures of the several states...
Page 30 - ... they will have had their voice in the election of the government -which is to exercise authority over them; as a municipal legislature for local purposes derived from their own suffrages will of course be allowed them...
Page 30 - being an authority to which appeal is habitually made by all, and rarely declined or denied by any as evidence of the general opinion of those who framed, and of those who accepted the Constitution of the United States, on questions as to its genuine meaning.
Page 30 - The seat of the Federal Government was not established until after the Constitution was written by the Convention which met in Philadelphia from May to September, 1787. Following the Constitutional Convention, between October 1787, and August 1788, a series of essays was published in the New York press, with a view to influencing votes to favor ratification of the proposed Constitution. These Federalist papers were written by three authors : Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, of New York, and James...