The Constitution of the United States of America: The Proximate Causes of Its Adoption and Ratification : The Declaration of Independence : The Prominent Political Acts of George Washington : and Other Interesting Matter : with an Alphabetical Analysis of the Constitution |
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Table of the names of Representatives in Congress who have been elected Speakers of the House of Representatives , from 4th March , 1789 , to 10th August , 1846 ; with the commencement and termination of their service as such , and the ...
Table of the names of Representatives in Congress who have been elected Speakers of the House of Representatives , from 4th March , 1789 , to 10th August , 1846 ; with the commencement and termination of their service as such , and the ...
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30 March , 1791 C. - An act relative to the election of a President and Vice President of the United States , and declaring the officer who shall act as President in case of vacancies in offices both of President and Vice President .
30 March , 1791 C. - An act relative to the election of a President and Vice President of the United States , and declaring the officer who shall act as President in case of vacancies in offices both of President and Vice President .
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... of both the President and Vice President , the Congress shall , by law , declare what officer shall then act as President , and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed , or a President shall be elected .
... of both the President and Vice President , the Congress shall , by law , declare what officer shall then act as President , and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed , or a President shall be elected .
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No Senator or Representative shall , during the time for which he was elected , be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the U.States , which shall have been created , or the emoluments of which shall have been increased ...
No Senator or Representative shall , during the time for which he was elected , be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the U.States , which shall have been created , or the emoluments of which shall have been increased ...
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( See Elected , & c . ) Chuse . ( See Elect . ) Citizen of United States . No person shall be a Representative in Congress who has not been years a citizen of the United States .... Citizen of United States .
( See Elected , & c . ) Chuse . ( See Elect . ) Citizen of United States . No person shall be a Representative in Congress who has not been years a citizen of the United States .... Citizen of United States .
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Page xxiv - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 188 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Page 25 - No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
Page xxv - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
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| Title | The Constitution of the United States of America: The Proximate Causes of Its Adoption and Ratification : The Declaration of Independence : The Prominent Political Acts of George Washington : and Other Interesting Matter : with an Alphabetical Analysis of the Constitution The Constitution of the United States of America, William Hickey |
| Author | William Hickey |
| Publisher | J. and G.S. Gideon, 1846 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 May 2006 |
| Length | 225 pages |
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