A Congressional Manual; Or, Outline of the Order of Business: In the House of Representatives of the United States. With Copious IndexesPeter Hay & Company, printers, 1841 - 447 pages |
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... John Quincy Adams , Mr. Adams asked to be excused from voting on the question , and handed to the clerk a paper in the following words : " I ask to be excused from voting on the reso- lution , believing it to be unconstitutional , inas ...
... John Quincy Adams , Mr. Adams asked to be excused from voting on the question , and handed to the clerk a paper in the following words : " I ask to be excused from voting on the reso- lution , believing it to be unconstitutional , inas ...
Page 119
... John Quincy Adams , a member from Massachusetts , in refusing to vote when his name was called by the clerk , after the house had rejected his application to be excused from voting for reasons assigned by him , has committed a breach of ...
... John Quincy Adams , a member from Massachusetts , in refusing to vote when his name was called by the clerk , after the house had rejected his application to be excused from voting for reasons assigned by him , has committed a breach of ...
Page 122
... John Quincy Adams , that the house do reconsider the vote of yesterday , referring to the committee of ways and means the memorial of merchants of the city of New York in favour of the warehousing system , against the prompt cash ...
... John Quincy Adams , that the house do reconsider the vote of yesterday , referring to the committee of ways and means the memorial of merchants of the city of New York in favour of the warehousing system , against the prompt cash ...
Page 125
... John Quincy Adams ap- pealed to the house , on the ground that the motion was to suspend the rule for the purpose of enabling Mr. Stewart to move that the resolution do lie on the table , and that Mr. Stewart having made his said motion ...
... John Quincy Adams ap- pealed to the house , on the ground that the motion was to suspend the rule for the purpose of enabling Mr. Stewart to move that the resolution do lie on the table , and that Mr. Stewart having made his said motion ...
Page 126
... John Quincy Adams , viz . Shall the decision of the speaker stand as the judgment of the house ? and passed in the affirmative . May 22 , 1834 . A motion was made by Mr. Clayton , that the house do adjourn . And the question being put ...
... John Quincy Adams , viz . Shall the decision of the speaker stand as the judgment of the house ? and passed in the affirmative . May 22 , 1834 . A motion was made by Mr. Clayton , that the house do adjourn . And the question being put ...
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