DICTIONARY

OF

THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS,

AND

THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT;

COMPILED AS

A Book of Beference for the American People.

BY

CHARLES LANMAN,

AUTHOR OF THE "PRIVATE life of DANIEL WEBSTER," ETC., ETC.

FIFTH EDITION:

REVISED AND BROUGHT DOWN TO INCLUDE THE FORTIETH CONGRESS.

HARTFORD:

T. BELKNAP AND H. E. GOODWIN.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1808, by

CHARLES LANMAN,

In the Clerk's Office of the Supreme Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

TILDEN LIBRARY

1895

DICTIONARY

OF

THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS,

ETC., ETC.