Democracy in the United States: What it Has Done, what it is Doing, and what it Will Do |
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... Laws of 1798 revived , 142. Conclusion , 143. Appendix . - Constitution of the United States , 144. Appendix No. 2. - The Test Vote , 384 389 392 394 396 400 · 410 DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES . 1. - FORMS OF xiv CONTENTS .
... Laws of 1798 revived , 142. Conclusion , 143. Appendix . - Constitution of the United States , 144. Appendix No. 2. - The Test Vote , 384 389 392 394 396 400 · 410 DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES . 1. - FORMS OF xiv CONTENTS .
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... votes . The Federalists nominated John Adams for reëlection as President , and Pinckney , of South Carolina , for Vice - President , the former receiving sixty - five and the latter sixty - four votes . Messrs . Jefferson and Burr ...
... votes . The Federalists nominated John Adams for reëlection as President , and Pinckney , of South Carolina , for Vice - President , the former receiving sixty - five and the latter sixty - four votes . Messrs . Jefferson and Burr ...
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... votes , and the Federal candidate only fourteen . Burr was dropped out of sight , and George Clinton was made Vice - Presi- dent at the next Presidential election . 9. - THOMAS JEFFERSON . No name is more highly venerated than that of ...
... votes , and the Federal candidate only fourteen . Burr was dropped out of sight , and George Clinton was made Vice - Presi- dent at the next Presidential election . 9. - THOMAS JEFFERSON . No name is more highly venerated than that of ...
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... voted , with one exception - Dayton , of New Jersey - against ratifying the treaty . In the House the whole Fed ... votes and speeches on these occasions will show that sectional feeling , on the part of the anti - Democrats , was just ...
... voted , with one exception - Dayton , of New Jersey - against ratifying the treaty . In the House the whole Fed ... votes and speeches on these occasions will show that sectional feeling , on the part of the anti - Democrats , was just ...
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... voted ap- propriations and consented to pay tribute for leave to navigate an inland sea . Mr. Jefferson and the Democratic party refused to vote or pay tribute for that purpose , but crushed out the powers that had received and ...
... voted ap- propriations and consented to pay tribute for leave to navigate an inland sea . Mr. Jefferson and the Democratic party refused to vote or pay tribute for that purpose , but crushed out the powers that had received and ...
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