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... 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 national stage , with ...
... 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 national stage , with ...
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... vote in favor of a certain bill then pending in Congress . The resolution was in the act of passing without opposition , when a hitherto silent member from one of the mountain counties , springing to his 6 SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
... vote in favor of a certain bill then pending in Congress . The resolution was in the act of passing without opposition , when a hitherto silent member from one of the mountain counties , springing to his 6 SOMETHING OF MEN I HAVE KNOWN.
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... vote ? " The Speaker answered that such was the purport of the reso- lution . At which the member from the mountains , throw- ing up his arms , exclaimed " Great God ! " and sank into his seat . It is needless to add that the resolution ...
... vote ? " The Speaker answered that such was the purport of the reso- lution . At which the member from the mountains , throw- ing up his arms , exclaimed " Great God ! " and sank into his seat . It is needless to add that the resolution ...
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... vote of two States , Louisiana and Florida , was claimed by each of the candidates . These votes were decisive of the result . As the days passed and the time approached for the joint session of the Senate and the House , for the ...
... vote of two States , Louisiana and Florida , was claimed by each of the candidates . These votes were decisive of the result . As the days passed and the time approached for the joint session of the Senate and the House , for the ...
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... voted . It was simply that no person had received a majority of all of the electoral votes cast . The method of settlement was clearly pointed out by the Constitution . As already indicated , the case was wholly different in the Hayes ...
... voted . It was simply that no person had received a majority of all of the electoral votes cast . The method of settlement was clearly pointed out by the Constitution . As already indicated , the case was wholly different in the Hayes ...
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