Cases of Contested Elections in Congress: From 1834 to 1865, InclusiveU.S. Government Printing Office, 1865 - 660 pages |
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... respectively met , and the depositions thus taken have been sent on to the Speaker of the House , and have been delivered over to the committee . The petitioner and sitting member appeared before the committee on the 15th day of ...
... respectively met , and the depositions thus taken have been sent on to the Speaker of the House , and have been delivered over to the committee . The petitioner and sitting member appeared before the committee on the 15th day of ...
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... respectively chosen , as are therein directed in the case of representa- tives to the legislature . SEC . 2. The sheriff of each county in this State shall , at least thirty days previously to the time for holding any election in his ...
... respectively chosen , as are therein directed in the case of representa- tives to the legislature . SEC . 2. The sheriff of each county in this State shall , at least thirty days previously to the time for holding any election in his ...
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... respectively to order the filling of all vacan- cies which have actually happened , in the mode therein pointed out , no matter how the vacancy may have happened , whether by death , resignation , or expira- tion of the term of members ...
... respectively to order the filling of all vacan- cies which have actually happened , in the mode therein pointed out , no matter how the vacancy may have happened , whether by death , resignation , or expira- tion of the term of members ...
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... respective districts . After a debate covering nearly two weeks the House ( still unorganized ) refused to permit either set of delegates to be recognized by the clerk as members . On the 13th of January the House , on motion of Mr ...
... respective districts . After a debate covering nearly two weeks the House ( still unorganized ) refused to permit either set of delegates to be recognized by the clerk as members . On the 13th of January the House , on motion of Mr ...
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... respective provisions of these laws , it may be sufficient to state , that they seem at least to confine the right of suffrage , in all cases , to bona fide taxable citizens , in other respects duly qualified . When , therefore , it has ...
... respective provisions of these laws , it may be sufficient to state , that they seem at least to confine the right of suffrage , in all cases , to bona fide taxable citizens , in other respects duly qualified . When , therefore , it has ...
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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...
Page 438 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
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.