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American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)

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American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.

Name: American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.
Author: Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)

Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)

Political parties -- United States; United States -- Politics and government

FERNANDO WOOD, Mayor

  January 6th, 1861.

                 Congress on the Eve of the Rebellion.

It should be borne in mind that all of the propositions, whether for
compromise, authority to suppress insurrection, or new laws to collect
duties, had to be considered by the Second Session of the 36th Congress,
which was then, with the exception of the Republicans, a few Americans,
and the anti-Lecompton men, supporting the administration of Buchanan.
No Congress ever had so many and such grave propositions presented to
it, and none ever showed more exciting political divisions. It was
composed of the following persons, some of whom survive, and most of
whom are historic characters:

                                SENATE.

JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucky, _Vice-President_;

_Maine_—H. Hamlin,[14] W. P. Fessenden.

_New Hampshire_—John P. Hale, Daniel Clark.

_Vermont_—Solomon Foot, J. Collamer.

_Massachusetts_—Henry Wilson, Charles Sumner.

_Rhode Island_—James F. Simmons, H. B. Anthony.

_Connecticut_—L. S. Foster, Jas. Dixon.

_New York_—William H. Seward, Preston King.

_New Jersey_—J. C. Ten Eyck, J. R. Thomson.

_Pennsylvania_—S. Cameron, Wm. Bigler.

_Delaware_—J. A. Bayard, W. Saulsbury.

_Maryland_—J. A. Pearce, A. Kennedy.

_Virginia_—R. M. T. Hunter, James M. Mason.

_South Carolina_—Jas. Chesnut,[15] James H. Hammond.[15]

_North Carolina_—Thomas Bragg, T. L. Clingman.

_Alabama_—B. Fitzpatrick, C. C. Clay, Jr.

_Mississippi_—A. G. Brown, Jeff. Davis.

_Louisiana_—J. P. Benjamin, John Slidell.

_Tennessee_—A. O. P. Nicholson, A. Johnson.

_Arkansas_—R. W. Johnson, W. K. Sebastian.

_Kentucky_—L. W. Powell. J. J. Crittenden.

_Missouri_—Jas. S. Green, Trusten Polk.

_Ohio_—B. F. Wade, Geo. E. Pugh.

_Indiana_—J. D. Bright, G. N. Fitch.

_Illinois_—S. A. Douglas, L. Trumbull.

_Michigan_—Z. Chandler, K. S. Bingham.

_Florida_—D. L. Yulee, S. R. Mallory.

_Georgia_—Alfred Iverson, Robt. Toombs.

_Texas_—John Hemphill, L. T. Wigfall.

_Wisconsin_—Charles Durkee, J. R. Doolittle.

_Iowa_—J. M. Grimes, Jas. Harlan.

_California_—M. S. Latham. William M. Gwin.

_Minnesota_—H. M. Rice, M. S. Wilkinson.

_Oregon_—Joseph Lane, Edward D. Baker.

                       HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WILLIAM PENNINGTON, of New Jersey, _Speaker_.

_Maine_—D. E. Somes, John J. Perry, E. B. French, F. H. Morse, Israel
Washburn, Jr.,[16] S. C. Foster.

_New Hampshire_—Gilman Marston, M. W. Tappan, T. M. Edwards.

_Vermont_—E. P. Walton, J. S. Morrill, H. E. Royce.

_Massachusetts_—Thomas D. Eliot, James Buffinton, Charles Francis Adams,
Alexander H. Rice, Anson Burlingame, John B. Alley, Daniel W. Gooch,
Charles R. Train, Eli Thayer, Charles Delano, Henry L. Dawes.

_Rhode Island_—C. Robinson, W. D. Brayton.

_Connecticut_—Dwight Loomis, John Woodruff, Alfred A. Burnham, Orris S.
Ferry.

_Delaware_—W. G. Whiteley.

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American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.

Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)

Political parties -- United States; United States -- Politics and government

FERNANDO WOOD, Mayor

  January 6th, 1861.

                 Congress on the Eve of the Rebellion.

It should be borne in mind that all of the propositions, whether for
compromise, authority to suppress insurrection, or new laws to collect
duties, had to be considered by the Second Session of the 36th Congress,
which was then, with the exception of the Republicans, a few Americans,
and the anti-Lecompton men, supporting the administration of Buchanan.
No Congress ever had so many and such grave propositions presented to
it, and none ever showed more exciting political divisions. It was
composed of the following persons, some of whom survive, and most of
whom are historic characters:

                                SENATE.

JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE, of Kentucky, _Vice-President_;

_Maine_—H. Hamlin,[14] W. P. Fessenden.

_New Hampshire_—John P. Hale, Daniel Clark.

_Vermont_—Solomon Foot, J. Collamer.

_Massachusetts_—Henry Wilson, Charles Sumner.

_Rhode Island_—James F. Simmons, H. B. Anthony.

_Connecticut_—L. S. Foster, Jas. Dixon.

_New York_—William H. Seward, Preston King.

_New Jersey_—J. C. Ten Eyck, J. R. Thomson.

_Pennsylvania_—S. Cameron, Wm. Bigler.

_Delaware_—J. A. Bayard, W. Saulsbury.

_Maryland_—J. A. Pearce, A. Kennedy.

_Virginia_—R. M. T. Hunter, James M. Mason.

_South Carolina_—Jas. Chesnut,[15] James H. Hammond.[15]

_North Carolina_—Thomas Bragg, T. L. Clingman.

_Alabama_—B. Fitzpatrick, C. C. Clay, Jr.

_Mississippi_—A. G. Brown, Jeff. Davis.

_Louisiana_—J. P. Benjamin, John Slidell.

_Tennessee_—A. O. P. Nicholson, A. Johnson.

_Arkansas_—R. W. Johnson, W. K. Sebastian.

_Kentucky_—L. W. Powell. J. J. Crittenden.

_Missouri_—Jas. S. Green, Trusten Polk.

_Ohio_—B. F. Wade, Geo. E. Pugh.

_Indiana_—J. D. Bright, G. N. Fitch.

_Illinois_—S. A. Douglas, L. Trumbull.

_Michigan_—Z. Chandler, K. S. Bingham.

_Florida_—D. L. Yulee, S. R. Mallory.

_Georgia_—Alfred Iverson, Robt. Toombs.

_Texas_—John Hemphill, L. T. Wigfall.

_Wisconsin_—Charles Durkee, J. R. Doolittle.

_Iowa_—J. M. Grimes, Jas. Harlan.

_California_—M. S. Latham. William M. Gwin.

_Minnesota_—H. M. Rice, M. S. Wilkinson.

_Oregon_—Joseph Lane, Edward D. Baker.

                       HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WILLIAM PENNINGTON, of New Jersey, _Speaker_.

_Maine_—D. E. Somes, John J. Perry, E. B. French, F. H. Morse, Israel
Washburn, Jr.,[16] S. C. Foster.

_New Hampshire_—Gilman Marston, M. W. Tappan, T. M. Edwards.

_Vermont_—E. P. Walton, J. S. Morrill, H. E. Royce.

_Massachusetts_—Thomas D. Eliot, James Buffinton, Charles Francis Adams,
Alexander H. Rice, Anson Burlingame, John B. Alley, Daniel W. Gooch,
Charles R. Train, Eli Thayer, Charles Delano, Henry L. Dawes.

_Rhode Island_—C. Robinson, W. D. Brayton.

_Connecticut_—Dwight Loomis, John Woodruff, Alfred A. Burnham, Orris S.
Ferry.

_Delaware_—W. G. Whiteley.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.

American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.

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