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... House and no single party had a majority of the votes when the new Congress first met in December 1855. For eight weeks the House was deadlocked over the election of a speaker , but the 133rd ballot gave the office by a vote of 103 to ...
... House and no single party had a majority of the votes when the new Congress first met in December 1855. For eight weeks the House was deadlocked over the election of a speaker , but the 133rd ballot gave the office by a vote of 103 to ...
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... House seats from the Solid South . Campaign of 1876. The election of 1876 went better for Republicans than they might have expected after their repudiation by the voters in the congressional elections two years earlier . It is probable ...
... House seats from the Solid South . Campaign of 1876. The election of 1876 went better for Republicans than they might have expected after their repudiation by the voters in the congressional elections two years earlier . It is probable ...
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... House , Thomas B. Reed of Maine , created uproar but won his point in counting as present Democrats sitting silent at quorum calls ; by his prece- dent - breaking device the House could continue its business with- out frequent quorum ...
... House , Thomas B. Reed of Maine , created uproar but won his point in counting as present Democrats sitting silent at quorum calls ; by his prece- dent - breaking device the House could continue its business with- out frequent quorum ...
Contents
Crisis and a New Party | 7 |
1856 | 15 |
The Rise of Lincoln | 23 |
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Antislavery Politics in Antebellum and Civil War America Thomas G. Mitchell No preview available - 2007 |