Cases of Contested Elections in Congress: From 1834 to 1865, InclusiveU.S. Government Printing Office, 1865 - 660 pages |
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... held its regular congressional election . The governor of the State issued a proclama- tion fixing a day for an election of members for the extra session . The election was held , and Messrs . Gholson and Claiborne were returned . When ...
... held its regular congressional election . The governor of the State issued a proclama- tion fixing a day for an election of members for the extra session . The election was held , and Messrs . Gholson and Claiborne were returned . When ...
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... held in fifty of the counties of the State of Mississippi , the result of which was , that the sitting members were elected by large majorities . From a consideration of the foregoing documents and circumstances , it would seem as if ...
... held in fifty of the counties of the State of Mississippi , the result of which was , that the sitting members were elected by large majorities . From a consideration of the foregoing documents and circumstances , it would seem as if ...
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... held at an early day . The election was held in the month of July ; but the governor , in issuing his proclamation and writs of election , limited the period for which these gentlemen were to be elected to the first Monday in November ...
... held at an early day . The election was held in the month of July ; but the governor , in issuing his proclamation and writs of election , limited the period for which these gentlemen were to be elected to the first Monday in November ...
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... held that Mr. Doty was entitled to the seat , and the House sustained the decision . The report in this case is as follows : That , by the order of the House as submitted to them , the only question which presented itself was , whether ...
... held that Mr. Doty was entitled to the seat , and the House sustained the decision . The report in this case is as follows : That , by the order of the House as submitted to them , the only question which presented itself was , whether ...
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... held at Saddle River , in Bergen county , should be set aside : because at least eight votes given for them were fraudulently abstracted from the ballot - box , and as many for their opponents fraudulently substituted : because , in ...
... held at Saddle River , in Bergen county , should be set aside : because at least eight votes given for them were fraudulently abstracted from the ballot - box , and as many for their opponents fraudulently substituted : because , in ...
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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...
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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.