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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Statement on Senate floor on Ford's Oil Import Tax
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    • Creator: Leahy, Patrick J.
    • Date Created: 1975-02-07
    • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


    Speech of Hon. James Meacham of Vermont in the House of Representatives, June 9 and 10, 1852 on the modification of the tariff.
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      • Creator: Meacham, James, 1810-1856.
      • Date Created: 1852-06-09
      • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


      Hawaiian reciprocity treaty : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, executive session, March 18, 1875.
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        • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
        • Date Created: 1875-03-18
        • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


        Senator from Louisiana : speech of Hon. George F. Edmunds, of Vermont, in the United States Senate, March 16, 1875.
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          • Creator: Edmunds, George F. (George Franklin), 1828-1919.
          • Date Created: 1875-03-16
          • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


          Our plain duty toward Puerto Rico ... speech of Hon. Redfield Proctor, in the Senate of the United States, March 30, 1900.
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            • Creator: Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908.
            • Date Created: 1900-03-30
            • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


            Speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, on the annexation of Hawaii, Monday, June 20 1898.
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              • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
              • Date Created: 1898-06-20
              • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


              President Wilson's veto of the immigration bill, 1915 : extracts from speech of Hon. William P. Dillingham of Vermont in the Senate of the United States, February 11 and 12, 1915.
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                • Creator: Dillingham, William P. (William Paul), 1843-1923.
                • Date Created: 1915-02-11
                • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


                Speech of Mr. Collamer, of Vermont, on the tariff : delivered in the House of Representatives, U.S., June 26, 1846.
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                  • Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865.
                  • Date Created: 1846-06-26
                  • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


                  Reciprocity treaties : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 14, 1869.
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                    • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
                    • Date Created: 1869-01-14
                    • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches


                    Replacement and Alternative Fuels Act
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                      • Creator: Jeffords, James M.
                      • Date Created: 1991-03-20
                      • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches