DICTIONARY

OF

THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS,

AND

THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT;

COMPILED AS

A Book of Reference for the American People.

BY

CHARLES LANMAN,

AUTHOR OF THE "PRIVAte life of dANIEL WEBSTER," ETC., ETC.

FIFTH EDITION:

REVISED AND BROUGHT DOWN TO INCLUDE THE FORTIETH CONGRESS.

HARTFORD:

T. BELKNAP AND H. E. GOODWIN.

1868.

In the Clerk's Office of the Supreme Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

DICTIONARY

OF

THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS,

ETC., ETC.