Congressional Speeches
This collection features speeches made on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and Senate by Vermont Congressmen. Topics covered include the environment, education, agriculture, World War II and selective service, the Mexican War, the tariff and international trade, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction. The speeches date from 1812 to the present and a wide variety of Congressmen are represented.
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Nebraska and Kansas : speech of Mr. Meacham, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, Feb. 15, 1854, against the Nebraska and Kansas territorial bill, and in favor of maintaining the government faith with the Indian tribes.
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- Creator: Meacham, James, 1810-1856.
- Date Created: 1854-02-15
- Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
Interstate commerce : speech of Hon. John W. Stewart, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, December 10, 1884.
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- Creator: Stewart, John W. (John Wolcott), 1825-1915.
- Date Created: 1884-12-10
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Slavery in the territories : Speech of Hon. Lucius B. Peck, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, April 23, 1850, in committee of the whole on the state of the Union, on the President's message transmitting the constitution of California.
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- Creator: Peck, Lucius Benedict, 1802-1866.
- Date Created: 1850-04-23
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Speech of Hon. E.P. Walton, of Vermont : on the confiscation of rebel property, delivered in the House of Representatives, May 24, 1862.
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- Creator: Walton, Eliakim Persons, 1812-1890.
- Date Created: 1862-05-24
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Agricultural experiment stations : remarks of William W. Grout, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, February 25, 1887.
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- Creator: Grout, William Wallace, 1836-1902.
- Date Created: 1887-02-25
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Congressional record : proceedings and debates of the 85th congress, second session : the Middle East situation : speeches of Hon. Ralph E. Flanders of Vermont in the Senate of the United States
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- Creator: Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970.
- Date Created: 1958
- Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
American labor : speech of Hon. H. Henry Powers, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, January 15, 1894, on the Wilson tariff bill.
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- Creator: Powers, Horace Henry, 1835-1913.
- Date Created: 1894-01-15
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Speech of Mr. Hebard of Vermont, on the President's message, communicating the constitution of California : delivered in the House of Representatives, U.S., in committee of the whole on the state of the union, March 14, 1850.
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- Creator: Hebard, William, 1800-1875.
- Date Created: 1850-03-14
- Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
Speech of Hon. E. P. Walton, of Vermont, on the bill for the admission of Representatives, March 31, 1858.
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- Creator: Walton, Eliakim Persons, 1812-1890.
- Date Created: 1858-03-31
- Description: Cover title: Revolution in the law of the land.
- Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
Remarks of Senator Morrill before the House Committee on Education respecting the land grant colleges, October 24, 1890.
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- Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
- Date Created: 1890-10-24
- Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches