The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... vote admitted the new state into the Union . Mr. Seward's latest speeches , on THE STATE OF THE UNION , con- clude the volume . His speeches in the Senate , with those before the people in their primary assemblies , make a text book ...
... vote admitted the new state into the Union . Mr. Seward's latest speeches , on THE STATE OF THE UNION , con- clude the volume . His speeches in the Senate , with those before the people in their primary assemblies , make a text book ...
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... vote of 34 to 18 , and the house by 150 to 56 . The fugitive slave act , in the senate , received 27 ayes to 12 nays ... votes . two weeks after the democratic convention , and nominated General 20 MEMOIR .
... vote of 34 to 18 , and the house by 150 to 56 . The fugitive slave act , in the senate , received 27 ayes to 12 nays ... votes . two weeks after the democratic convention , and nominated General 20 MEMOIR .
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... voted for it who may be presumed to have brought themselves to accept its principles , while others were doubtless ... vote of 227 to 60. The first ballot for president stood : Fill- more , 132 ; Scott , 131 ; Webster , 29. The 53d and ...
... voted for it who may be presumed to have brought themselves to accept its principles , while others were doubtless ... vote of 227 to 60. The first ballot for president stood : Fill- more , 132 ; Scott , 131 ; Webster , 29. The 53d and ...
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... votes of twenty - seven of the thirty - one states . ' The loud exultations of the prevailing party , as well as of ... voted for General Scott were Vermont , Massachusetts , Tennessee and Kentucky . In the free states Mr. Pierce ...
... votes of twenty - seven of the thirty - one states . ' The loud exultations of the prevailing party , as well as of ... voted for General Scott were Vermont , Massachusetts , Tennessee and Kentucky . In the free states Mr. Pierce ...
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... voted against it , six have been reƫlected , and the places of the others have been filled by republicans , with one exception . * 1 The vote stood as follows : Yeas Adams , Atchison , Bayard , Badger , Benjamin , Brodhead , Brown ...
... voted against it , six have been reƫlected , and the places of the others have been filled by republicans , with one exception . * 1 The vote stood as follows : Yeas Adams , Atchison , Bayard , Badger , Benjamin , Brodhead , Brown ...
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