Abraham Lincoln and the United StatesEnglish Universities Press, 1955 - 286 páginas |
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... Senate at this time the House of Representa- tives numbered something over two hundred members ; the Senate in 1848 numbered sixty , two from each of the thirty states which , by that time , formed the Union . Stephen A. Douglas had ...
... Senate at this time the House of Representa- tives numbered something over two hundred members ; the Senate in 1848 numbered sixty , two from each of the thirty states which , by that time , formed the Union . Stephen A. Douglas had ...
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... Senator Butler , of South Carolina , who was absent . Three days later , on May 22 , young Southerner , Preston Brooks , a member of the House of Representatives and a kinsman of Senator Butler , walked into the Senate chamber and ...
... Senator Butler , of South Carolina , who was absent . Three days later , on May 22 , young Southerner , Preston Brooks , a member of the House of Representatives and a kinsman of Senator Butler , walked into the Senate chamber and ...
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... Senate , provided two - thirds of the Senators present concur . He has power to grant pardons . He has the duty to take care that the laws of the United States be faithfully executed . All these powers Lincoln was ready to exercise to ...
... Senate , provided two - thirds of the Senators present concur . He has power to grant pardons . He has the duty to take care that the laws of the United States be faithfully executed . All these powers Lincoln was ready to exercise to ...
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