Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... majority . Texas had meanwhile been annexed ; the Mexican war was in progress ; the Tariff of 1842 had been repealed . With the opening of the Thirtieth Congress - December 6th , 1847 — Mr . Lincoln took his seat in the lower house of ...
... majority . Texas had meanwhile been annexed ; the Mexican war was in progress ; the Tariff of 1842 had been repealed . With the opening of the Thirtieth Congress - December 6th , 1847 — Mr . Lincoln took his seat in the lower house of ...
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... majority of the legal voters of the District should assent to the act , at an election to be holden for the purpose . It made an excep- tion of the right of citizens of the slave - holding States coming to the District on public ...
... majority of the legal voters of the District should assent to the act , at an election to be holden for the purpose . It made an excep- tion of the right of citizens of the slave - holding States coming to the District on public ...
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... majority . In the formation of the Republican party as such , Mr Lincoln Bore an active and influential part , his name being presented , but ineffectually , at the first National Convention . of that party , for Vice - President ...
... majority . In the formation of the Republican party as such , Mr Lincoln Bore an active and influential part , his name being presented , but ineffectually , at the first National Convention . of that party , for Vice - President ...
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... majority by nearly four hundred thousand votes , and so , perhaps , was not overwhelmingly reliable and satis- factory . The outgoing President in his last annual message , as impressively as possible echoed back upon the people the ...
... majority by nearly four hundred thousand votes , and so , perhaps , was not overwhelmingly reliable and satis- factory . The outgoing President in his last annual message , as impressively as possible echoed back upon the people the ...
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... Legis- lature , in which , owing to the peculiar apportionment of the legislative districts his supporters had a majority of eight in joint ballot . 3 The campaign of 1859 . His Cincinnati Speech . Results IN CONGRESS AND ON THE STUMP . 33.
... Legis- lature , in which , owing to the peculiar apportionment of the legislative districts his supporters had a majority of eight in joint ballot . 3 The campaign of 1859 . His Cincinnati Speech . Results IN CONGRESS AND ON THE STUMP . 33.
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