Compilation of Senate Election Cases from 1789 to 1885U.S. Government Printing Office, 1885 - 654 pages |
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... decision being given . WEDNESDAY , March 4 , 1801 . Exception being taken to the credentials of the Hon . Mr. Tracy , a Senator from the State of Connecticut , a debate ensued ; and , On motion that he be admitted to take the oath ...
... decision being given . WEDNESDAY , March 4 , 1801 . Exception being taken to the credentials of the Hon . Mr. Tracy , a Senator from the State of Connecticut , a debate ensued ; and , On motion that he be admitted to take the oath ...
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... decision by them on this question ; and the following have been found recorded : " On the 27th of April , 1797 , William Cocke was appointed a Senator from that State by the governor of Tennessee ; his term of service JAMES LANMAN . 5 ...
... decision by them on this question ; and the following have been found recorded : " On the 27th of April , 1797 , William Cocke was appointed a Senator from that State by the governor of Tennessee ; his term of service JAMES LANMAN . 5 ...
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... decision , could hot supply the vacancy , it came " fairly within the provision of the Constitution contained in the third section of the first article , which declares , ' and if vacancies happen by resignation or otherwise , ' & c ...
... decision , could hot supply the vacancy , it came " fairly within the provision of the Constitution contained in the third section of the first article , which declares , ' and if vacancies happen by resignation or otherwise , ' & c ...
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... decision seems to have been generally acquiesced in since that time ; nor is it in- tended by the committee to call its correctness in question . The principle asserted in that case is that the legislature of a State by making elections ...
... decision seems to have been generally acquiesced in since that time ; nor is it in- tended by the committee to call its correctness in question . The principle asserted in that case is that the legislature of a State by making elections ...
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... decision had been regarded by the Senate as final ; that the case of Mr. Sevier ( see page 7 ) , in which it was claimed that the Senate had departed from the rule in Lanman's case , was in all material points dif- ferent from the one ...
... decision had been regarded by the Senate as final ; that the case of Mr. Sevier ( see page 7 ) , in which it was claimed that the Senate had departed from the rule in Lanman's case , was in all material points dif- ferent from the one ...
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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.