Dictionary of the United States congress, and general government : comp. as a book of reference for the American people

This "record embraces the senators, representatives, and delegates, who have served under the Federal Constitution, as well as the delagates to the Continental Congress, and has been in each case as correct and concise as possible... My leading object has been to prepare a kind of labor-saving machine, compiled from original data and the National Archives, for the benefit of Members of Congress and of State Legislatures, of the Civil Officers of the government, of politicians and lawyers, and all who feel an interest in the political history and future prosperity of the Republic"

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