Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... entire electoral vote increased from 369 to 444. Eight new States had been admitted to the Union , thus increasing the number of Senators from seventy - four to ninety . The years mentioned likewise witnessed the passing from the ...
... entire electoral vote increased from 369 to 444. Eight new States had been admitted to the Union , thus increasing the number of Senators from seventy - four to ninety . The years mentioned likewise witnessed the passing from the ...
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... entire country . It had been the one recog- nized peril to the Union since the formation of the Govern- ment . Beginning with the debates in the convention that formulated the Federal Constitution , it remained for seventy years the ...
... entire country . It had been the one recog- nized peril to the Union since the formation of the Govern- ment . Beginning with the debates in the convention that formulated the Federal Constitution , it remained for seventy years the ...
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... entire professional life , was at the capital of the State . He was , at the time mentioned , in general practice as a lawyer and a regular attendant upon the neighboring courts . His early opportunities for education were meagre indeed ...
... entire professional life , was at the capital of the State . He was , at the time mentioned , in general practice as a lawyer and a regular attendant upon the neighboring courts . His early opportunities for education were meagre indeed ...
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... entire people of our country . " I gave that bill my earnest support . It had in the House no friend more ardent in its advocacy than myself . I believed it to be a measure in the interest of peace . I believed that those who framed it ...
... entire people of our country . " I gave that bill my earnest support . It had in the House no friend more ardent in its advocacy than myself . I believed it to be a measure in the interest of peace . I believed that those who framed it ...
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... entire country . A member of this House , who at a later date , and in the other wing of the Capitol , achieved yet greater distinction , was the Hon . George F. Hoar of Massachusetts . 24 SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
... entire country . A member of this House , who at a later date , and in the other wing of the Capitol , achieved yet greater distinction , was the Hon . George F. Hoar of Massachusetts . 24 SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
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