Dictionary of the United States Congress: Containing Biographical Sketches of Its Members from the Foundation of the Government ; with an Appendix |
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... DAVID R. He was born in Frogtown , Fay- ette County , Kentucky , August 11 , 1807 ; was educated for the bar ; and removed to Missouri in 1830 . He was elected to the Legislature of that State in 1834 and 1838. In 1841 , he was ...
... DAVID R. He was born in Frogtown , Fay- ette County , Kentucky , August 11 , 1807 ; was educated for the bar ; and removed to Missouri in 1830 . He was elected to the Legislature of that State in 1834 and 1838. In 1841 , he was ...
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... DAVID J. He was born in Georgia , and was a Representative in Congress , from that State , from 1851 to 1855 . BAILEY , JEREMIAH . A Representative in Congress , from Lincoln County , Maine , from 1835 to 1837 , and was a member of the ...
... DAVID J. He was born in Georgia , and was a Representative in Congress , from that State , from 1851 to 1855 . BAILEY , JEREMIAH . A Representative in Congress , from Lincoln County , Maine , from 1835 to 1837 , and was a member of the ...
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... DAVID . He was born in Pennsylvania , and was a Representative in Con- gress , from his native State , from 1855 to 1857 . BARD , DAVID . He was a graduate of Princeton College in 1773 , and a Representa- tive in Congress , from ...
... DAVID . He was born in Pennsylvania , and was a Representative in Con- gress , from his native State , from 1855 to 1857 . BARD , DAVID . He was a graduate of Princeton College in 1773 , and a Representa- tive in Congress , from ...
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... DAVID . He was a Senator in Congress , from Missouri , from 1821 to 1831 , and a man of distinguished talents . Died near Boonville , Missouri , Sep- tember 28 , 1837 . BARTON , RICHARD W. He was born in Virginia , and was a ...
... DAVID . He was a Senator in Congress , from Missouri , from 1821 to 1831 , and a man of distinguished talents . Died near Boonville , Missouri , Sep- tember 28 , 1837 . BARTON , RICHARD W. He was born in Virginia , and was a ...
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... DAVID A. He was born in New York , Oc- tober 6 , 1805 ; was a Representa- tive in Congress , from New York , from 1849 to 1851 , serving on the Committee on Indian Affairs ; and his last public position was that of Naval Officer of the ...
... DAVID A. He was born in New York , Oc- tober 6 , 1805 ; was a Representa- tive in Congress , from New York , from 1849 to 1851 , serving on the Committee on Indian Affairs ; and his last public position was that of Naval Officer of the ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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 ;...
Page 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...
Page 263 - This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.