Cases of Contested Elections in Congress, from 1834 to 1865, InclusiveU.S. Government Printing Office, 1865 - 660 páginas |
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... convention of delegates elected by the people of said State , for the sole purpose of giving the assent required ; and as soon as said assent was given , the President of the United States was to announce the same by procla- mation ...
... convention of delegates elected by the people of said State , for the sole purpose of giving the assent required ; and as soon as said assent was given , the President of the United States was to announce the same by procla- mation ...
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... convention which formed the Con- stitution that the representatives " should be elected in such manner as the legislatures of each State should direct , " he urged , among other reasons in sup- port of his plan , " that this liberty ...
... convention which formed the Con- stitution that the representatives " should be elected in such manner as the legislatures of each State should direct , " he urged , among other reasons in sup- port of his plan , " that this liberty ...
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... conventions of the other States , as they are all of similar import . The State of North Carolina refused to ratify the Constitution , unless certain amend- ments proposed by her convention should be adopted ; one of which was as ...
... conventions of the other States , as they are all of similar import . The State of North Carolina refused to ratify the Constitution , unless certain amend- ments proposed by her convention should be adopted ; one of which was as ...
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... convention which formed the Constitution , no cotemporary exposition of it , ever even inti- mated an opinion that the general ticket was the only constitutional mode of electing representatives . That is one of the new - born dogmas of ...
... convention which formed the Constitution , no cotemporary exposition of it , ever even inti- mated an opinion that the general ticket was the only constitutional mode of electing representatives . That is one of the new - born dogmas of ...
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... convention of the State of New York , also , which adopted the Constitution , held this strong and precise language : " The natural and proper mode of holding elections will be to divide the States into districts , in proportion to the ...
... convention of the State of New York , also , which adopted the Constitution , held this strong and precise language : " The natural and proper mode of holding elections will be to divide the States into districts , in proportion to the ...
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38th Congress admitted adopted alleged appears appointed authority ballot-box ballots Blair Buchanan county Buffalo county candidate canvassers census certificate citizens claim clerk Committee of Elections congressional district Constitution contested election convention court DAWES declared depositions duly duty eastern precinct electors entitled evidence fact fraud gentleman governor House of Representatives illegal votes inspectors judges of election Kanesville legal votes legislature Louisiana majority memorialist military militia Missouri Monroe Monroe county muster-rolls names notice number of votes oath objection officers opinion ordinance organized parties Penn district persons Platte county poll-books polls precinct prescribed present proceedings proclamation proof qualified question received regiment rejected residence resolution returns seat secretary Senate session sitting delegate sitting member statute sworn taken Territory Territory of Kansas Territory of Minnesota testifies ticket tion township undersigned United vacancy Virginia voters votes cast ward witnesses writ of election
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Página 246 - States, may be elected by the voters qualified to elect members of the Legislative Assembly, who shall be entitled to the same rights and privileges as are exercised and enjoyed by the delegates from the several other Territories of the United States...
Página 39 - The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land, ' ' anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Página 80 - Queretaro, and every male naturalized citizen thereof, who shall have become such ninety days prior to any election, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the State one year next preceding the election, and of the county in which he claims his vote ninety days, and in the election precinct thirty days, shall be entitled to vote at all elections...
Página 631 - I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War.
Página 141 - And the first election shall be held at such time and places, and be conducted in such manner, both as to the persons who shall superintend such election and the returns thereof, as the Governor shall appoint and direct...
Página 169 - ... in the said territories after the expiration of that year without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans shall be considered to have elected to become citizens of the United States.
Página 11 - IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the United States.
Página 427 - I did file such a bill in the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court of the United States...
Página 244 - Pigeon river and following said dividing line to the place of beginning, be and they hereby are authorized to form for themselves a constitution and state government by the name of the State of Minnesota, and to come into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, according to the Federal Constitution.
Página 361 - An ordinance to repeal the ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America by the State of Virginia, and to resume all the rights and powers granted under said Constitution...