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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... admitted to the bar , settled at Quincy to prac- tice his profession . As a member of the Old Congress , he was among the foremost in recommending an independent government . In 1777 , he was chosen Commissioner to the Court of ...
... admitted to the bar , settled at Quincy to prac- tice his profession . As a member of the Old Congress , he was among the foremost in recommending an independent government . In 1777 , he was chosen Commissioner to the Court of ...
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... admitted to practice law at Portland , Maine , in 1837. In the winter of 1838-39 he became editor of a Democratic newspaper in that city , ( The Eastern Argus , ) and continued to be its editor for the next four or five years , during a ...
... admitted to practice law at Portland , Maine , in 1837. In the winter of 1838-39 he became editor of a Democratic newspaper in that city , ( The Eastern Argus , ) and continued to be its editor for the next four or five years , during a ...
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... admitted to the bar in 1812 , and continued to practice his profession until 1824 , when he was elected a Representative to the Nineteenth Congress . He had been engaged in military services in his State , and in 1819 was appointed , by ...
... admitted to the bar in 1812 , and continued to practice his profession until 1824 , when he was elected a Representative to the Nineteenth Congress . He had been engaged in military services in his State , and in 1819 was appointed , by ...
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... admitted to the bar , in New York , in 1821 ; in 1826 was elected District Attorney for the County of Monroe , New York ; and was a Representative in Congress , from New York , from 1827 to 1829 , and again from 1839 to 1845. In 1850 he ...
... admitted to the bar , in New York , in 1821 ; in 1826 was elected District Attorney for the County of Monroe , New York ; and was a Representative in Congress , from New York , from 1827 to 1829 , and again from 1839 to 1845. In 1850 he ...
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... admitted to the bar ; he soon after removed to Loui- siana , gave up the practice of law , and turned his attention to planting . He served a number of years in the Legislature of Louisiana , and was a Senator in Congress , from 1841 to ...
... admitted to the bar ; he soon after removed to Loui- siana , gave up the practice of law , and turned his attention to planting . He served a number of years in the Legislature of Louisiana , and was a Senator in Congress , from 1841 to ...
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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.