Compilation of Senate Election Cases from 1789 to 1885U.S. Government Printing Office, 1885 - 654 pages |
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... charged in the petition and proved by the testimony to vacate my seat ; that by the resolution appointing the committee the petition is referred to them to state the facts , without prejudice as to any questions which may , upon the ...
... charged in the petition and proved by the testimony to vacate my seat ; that by the resolution appointing the committee the petition is referred to them to state the facts , without prejudice as to any questions which may , upon the ...
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... charges against the students for board and education . Those terms he accepted and remained in that station for the term of one year . In July , 1783 , he removed to Pennsylvania , and in November of the same year proceeded to Virginia ...
... charges against the students for board and education . Those terms he accepted and remained in that station for the term of one year . In July , 1783 , he removed to Pennsylvania , and in November of the same year proceeded to Virginia ...
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... charged with perjury . The memorial further stated that the said representatives did not mean to give an opinion on the justice of the said charge , but requested that an investigation relative thereto might take place . Mr. Marshall ...
... charged with perjury . The memorial further stated that the said representatives did not mean to give an opinion on the justice of the said charge , but requested that an investigation relative thereto might take place . Mr. Marshall ...
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... charged with perjury . That Mr. Mar- shall , in a publication in the Kentucky Gazette , called for a specification of the charge ; to which the said George Muter and Benjamin Sebastian , in a like publication , replied that he was ...
... charged with perjury . That Mr. Mar- shall , in a publication in the Kentucky Gazette , called for a specification of the charge ; to which the said George Muter and Benjamin Sebastian , in a like publication , replied that he was ...
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... charged with the crime of perjury , and requested that an inquiry might be thereupon instituted , in which request ... charge on the day of the next session of Congress ; that in the opinion of the Senate a convic- tion or acquittal in ...
... charged with the crime of perjury , and requested that an inquiry might be thereupon instituted , in which request ... charge on the day of the next session of Congress ; that in the opinion of the Senate a convic- tion or acquittal in ...
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2d sess 4th day admitted affirmative are Messrs amendment appointed Asher Robbins assembly Benjamin Stark body candidate canvass certificate claiming Committee on Privileges Cong Congress Congressional Globe Constitution contest court credentials and took debate is found declared desired by one-fifth duly elected elected a Senator entitled fact February February 28 following resolution found on pages George Goldthwaite Georgia Governor Clayton Graham N house of representatives James Shields January Jesse D judge Judiciary legislature Louisiana majority MONDAY motion nays being desired negative are Messrs November P. B. S. Pinchback persons Pinchback Pomeroy present President Privileges and Elections produced credentials qualified Republican resignation Resolved resumed the consideration returning officers Rhode Island Saulsbury secretary Senate proceeded Senate resumed session submitted the following term ending March testimony thereof tion took seat December Trumbull unexpired term ending United United States Senator vacancy Warmoth William Pitt Kellogg yeas and nays
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Page 260 - West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
Page xiv - 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.
Page 438 - SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. SEC. 2. The congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
Page 122 - ... the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in America...
Page 347 - At twelve o'clock, meridian of the day following that on which proceedings are required to take place as aforesaid, the members of the two houses shall convene in joint assembly, and the journal of each house shall then be read, and if the same person has received a majority of all the votes in each house, he shall be declared duly elected senator.
Page 313 - It is difficult at this day to realize the state of public opinion in relation to that unfortunate race, which prevailed in the civilized and enlightened portions of the world at the time of the Declaration of Independence, and when the Constitution of the United States was framed and adopted.
Page 519 - SECTION 1. The Supreme Executive power of this State shall be vested in a Chief Magistrate who shall be styled the Governor of the State of Iowa.
Page xv - No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Page 347 - ... the joint assembly shall meet at twelve o,clock, meridian, of each succeeding day during the -session of the Legislature, and take at least one vote, until a Senator shall be elected.
Page 137 - ... he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.