Cases of Contested Elections in Congress: From 1834 to 1865, InclusiveU.S. Government Printing Office, 1865 - 660 pages |
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... district in the State of Pennsylvania in 1838 , there to be examined in evidence in the case of contested election now pending between C. J. Ingersoll and Charles Naylor , from the said congressional district . Objection was made , and ...
... district in the State of Pennsylvania in 1838 , there to be examined in evidence in the case of contested election now pending between C. J. Ingersoll and Charles Naylor , from the said congressional district . Objection was made , and ...
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... district for Joseph C. Noyes , were improperly rejected by the council , and that votes for Joshua A. Lowell were received and returned by the assessors of Presqu'isle plantation from persons living out of the said district , and which ...
... district for Joseph C. Noyes , were improperly rejected by the council , and that votes for Joshua A. Lowell were received and returned by the assessors of Presqu'isle plantation from persons living out of the said district , and which ...
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... district , and never was within said district , but is within the county of Penobscot , in the congressional district of Penobscot and Somerset - a fact which is not mentioned in either of said remonstrances . It does not appear that ...
... district , and never was within said district , but is within the county of Penobscot , in the congressional district of Penobscot and Somerset - a fact which is not mentioned in either of said remonstrances . It does not appear that ...
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... district of New Jersey in the twenty - ninth Congress of the United States , and gave him a certificate of his election , by which he now occupies a seat in the House of Representatives . The memorialist , Isaac G. Farlee , " represents ...
... district of New Jersey in the twenty - ninth Congress of the United States , and gave him a certificate of his election , by which he now occupies a seat in the House of Representatives . The memorialist , Isaac G. Farlee , " represents ...
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... district of the State of New York is composed of the following wards in the city of New York , divided , respectively , into election districts , to wit : The eleventh ward divided into six districts . The twelfth ward divided into two ...
... district of the State of New York is composed of the following wards in the city of New York , divided , respectively , into election districts , to wit : The eleventh ward divided into six districts . The twelfth ward divided into two ...
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Page 560 - Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any. State or Territory...
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Page 140 - That in every case where a State is entitled to more than one Representative, the number to which each State shall be entitled under this apportionment shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory equal in number to the number of Representatives to which said State may be entitled, no one district electing more than one Representative.
Page 49 - 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.
Page 252 - That a delegate to the House of .Representatives of the United States, to serve for the term of two years, who shall be a citizen of the United States, may be elected by the voters qualified to elect members of the Legislative Assembly...
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Page 90 - 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...
Page 176 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens or acquire those of citizens of the United States...
Page 635 - I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America ; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever; and that I will 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.
Page 638 - And when the senators and representatives of a State are admitted into the councils of the Union, the authority of the government under which they are appointed, as well as its republican character, is recognized by the proper constitutional authority. And its decision is binding on every other department of the government, and could not be questioned in a judicial tribunal.