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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22 Tariff -- United States. 8 Slavery -- United States. 5 Compromise of 1850. 4 Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1854-1861. 4 Protectionism. 3 Emigration and immigration law -- United States. 3 Mexican War, 1846-1848. 3 United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1849. 2 Agricultural colleges. 2 California -- Politics and government. 2 Commercial treaties -- United States. 2 Confiscations -- Confederate States of America. 2 Environmental protection -- United States. 2 Internal revenue -- United States. 2 Reciprocity (Commerce). 2 Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877). 2 Slavery -- Washington (D.C.). 2 Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States. 2 Texas -- Annexation to the United States. 2 United States -- Emigration and immigration. 2 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confiscations and contributions. 2 United States -- Kansas-Nebraska Act. 2 United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861. 2 World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes. 1 Agricultural education -- United States. 1 Agricultural experiment stations -- United States. 1 Agricultural laws and legislation -- United States. 1 Agriculture -- United States. 1 Agriculture and state. 1 Air -- Pollution -- United States. 1 Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1948-1967. 1 Brownwell, Cornelius W. 1 Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-. 1 Butter trade. 1 Clergy -- United States. 1 Cuba -- History -- Insurrection, 1868-1878. 1 Cuba -- Politics and government -- 1895-1898. 1 Cuban question -- 1895-1898. 1 Currency question -- United States. 1 Dairy products industry. 1 Democratic Party (U.S.). 1 Draft -- Law and legislation -- United States. 1 Dueling -- Washington (D.C.). 1 Education -- United States. 1 Education, Higher. 1 Energy policy -- United States. 1 Engineering schools. 1 Freedom of the seas. 1 Gasoline -- Prices. 1 Hawaii -- Annexation to the United States. 1 Hawaii -- Commerce -- United States. 1 Home economics -- United States. 1 Indians of North America -- Government relations. 1 Interstate commerce. 1 Louisiana -- History. 1 Louisiana -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950. 1 Margarine -- Law and legislation -- United States. 1 McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957. 1 Middle East -- Politics and government. 1 Nebraska -- Politics and government. 1 Petroleum -- Taxation -- Law and legislation. 1 Petroleum -- United States -- Taxation. 1 Petroleum as fuel -- Economic aspects -- Vermont. 1 Pinchback, Pinckney Benton Stewart, 1837-1921. 1 Power resources -- Government policy -- United States. 1 Puerto Rico -- History -- 1898-1952. 1 Qaida (Organization). 1 Renewable energy sources -- United States. 1 School for International Training. 1 School lands -- United States. 1 Seminole Indians -- Treaties. 1 Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842. 1 Sheep industry -- United States. 1 Spark ignition engines -- Alternative fuels. 1 Suffrage -- United States. 1 Torture. 1 United States -- Civil Rights Act of 1964. 1 United States -- Colonial question. 1 United States -- Commerce -- Hawaii. 1 United States -- Commercial policy. 1 United States -- Dept. of State -- 1845-1849. 1 United States -- Economic conditions -- 1945-. 1 United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953. 1 United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961. 1 United States -- Foreign relations -- Iraq. 1 United States -- Foreign relations. 1 United States -- History -- War of 1812. 1 United States -- Interstate Commerce Commission. 1 United States -- Politics and government -- 1812-1815. 1 United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953. 1 Vocational education -- United States. 1 Wool industry.

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85 Congressional Speeches
Miniature of Defense of the clergy : speech of Hon. James Meacham, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, May 17, 1854.
Defense of the clergy : speech of Hon. James Meacham, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, May 17, 1854.
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    • Creator: Meacham, James, 1810-1856.
    • Date Created: 1854-05-17
    • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
    Miniature of Speech of Hon. J. Collamer, of Vermont : in the United States Senate, April 24, 1862, on the bill to confiscate the property and free the slaves of rebels.
    Speech of Hon. J. Collamer, of Vermont : in the United States Senate, April 24, 1862, on the bill to confiscate the property and free the slaves of rebels.
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      • Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865.
      • Date Created: 1862-04-24
      • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
      Miniature of State of the Union. Speech of the Hon. E.P. Walton, of Vermont, upon the report of the Committee of Thirty-three upon the State of the Union. Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 16, 1861
      State of the Union. Speech of the Hon. E.P. Walton, of Vermont, upon the report of the Committee of Thirty-three upon the State of the Union. Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 16, 1861
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        • Creator: Walton, Eliakim Persons, 1812-1890.
        • Date Created: 1861-02-16
        • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
        Miniature of Speeches of the Hon. Samuel Prentiss, of Vermont : upon the bill to prohibit the giving or accepting challenges to duels in the district of Columbia,delivered in the Senate United State, March 2d and 30th, and April 6th, 1838.
        Speeches of the Hon. Samuel Prentiss, of Vermont : upon the bill to prohibit the giving or accepting challenges to duels in the district of Columbia,delivered in the Senate United State, March 2d and 30th, and April 6th, 1838.
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          • Creator: Prentiss, Samuel, 1782-1857.
          • Date Created: 1838
          • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
          Miniature of It is time for a show-down : remarks of Hon. Charles A. Plumley, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, September 25, 1941.
          It is time for a show-down : remarks of Hon. Charles A. Plumley, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, September 25, 1941.
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            • Creator: Plumley, Charles Albert, 1875-1964.
            • Date Created: 1941-09-25
            • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
            Miniature of Speech of Mr. Solomon Foot, of Vermont, on the character and objects of the Mexican War : delivered in the House of Representatives of the U.S., Feb. 10, 1847.
            Speech of Mr. Solomon Foot, of Vermont, on the character and objects of the Mexican War : delivered in the House of Representatives of the U.S., Feb. 10, 1847.
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              • Creator: Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866.
              • Date Created: 1847-02-10
              • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
              Miniature of A tariff revision should leave our industries and labor unharmed and prosperous : remarks of Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, December 9, 1886, on his resolution relative to a revision of the tariff.
              A tariff revision should leave our industries and labor unharmed and prosperous : remarks of Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, December 9, 1886, on his resolution relative to a revision of the tariff.
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                • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
                • Date Created: 1886-12-09
                • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                Miniature of The tariff : Speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 8, 1881, on the bill appoint a tariff commission.
                The tariff : Speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 8, 1881, on the bill appoint a tariff commission.
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                  • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
                  • Date Created: 1881-12-08
                  • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                  Miniature of A protective tariff or free trade : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 9, 1870.
                  A protective tariff or free trade : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 9, 1870.
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                    • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
                    • Date Created: 1870-05-09
                    • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                    Miniature of Modern democracy : the extension of slavery in our own territory or by the acquisition of foreign territory wrong morally, politically, and economically / speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont.
                    Modern democracy : the extension of slavery in our own territory or by the acquisition of foreign territory wrong morally, politically, and economically / speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont.
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                      • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
                      • Date Created: 1860-06-06
                      • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches