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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Limitations of national policy : speech of Hon. Ralph E. Flanders of Vermont in the Senate of the United States August 11, 1949.
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- Creator: Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970.
- Date Created: 1949-08-11
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That an American tariff should not be superseded by a British tariff, with its tail of excise, income, and other taxes : speech of Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, December 13, 1893.
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- Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
- Date Created: 1893-12-13
- Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
The condition of Cuba. It is not peace, it is not war : speech of the Hon. Redfield Proctor in the Senate of the United States, Thursday, March 17, 1898.
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- Creator: Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908.
- Date Created: 1898-03-17
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Bread for our starving countrymen : speech of Hon. F. E. Woodbridge, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, March 19, 1867.
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- Creator: Woodbridge, Frederick Enoch, 1819-1888.
- Date Created: 1867-03-19
- Description: "On Senate joint resolution no. 16, for the relief of the destitute in the southern and southwestern states."
- Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
America's Credibility: The Underpinning Of An Effective Foreign Policy
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- Creator: Leahy, Patrick J.
- Date Created: 2004-04-15
- Description: Address of Senator Patrick Leahy School For International Training Brattleboro, Vermont April 15, 2004
- Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
The need for a new policy in agriculture : ... speech of Hon. Elbert S. Brigham of Vermont in the House of Representatives, Friday, April 19, 1929.
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- Creator: Brigham, Elbert S. (Elbert Sidney), 1877-1962.
- Date Created: 1929-04-19
- Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
Selective compulsory military service : speech of Hon. Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. of Vermont in the Senate of the United States, August 24, 1940.
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- Creator: Gibson, Ernest W., 1901-1969.
- Date Created: 1940-08-24
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Tariff and tax commission : speech of Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, March 17, 1882.
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- Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
- Date Created: 1882-03-17
- Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
Tariff : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives, April 23, 1860.
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- Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
- Date Created: 1860-04-23
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Free trade and protective tariffs tested by official statistics : speech of Hon. E.P. Walton, of Vermont, delivered in the House of Representatives, February 7, 1859.
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- Creator: Walton, Eliakim Persons, 1812-1890.
- Date Created: 1859-02-07
- Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches