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 Colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morril, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Saturday, June 14, 1890.
Colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morril, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Saturday, June 14, 1890.
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    • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
    • Date Created: 1890
    • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
    Miniature of Activities of Senator McCarthy -- The World Crisis
    Activities of Senator McCarthy -- The World Crisis
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      • Creator: Flanders, Ralph E. (Ralph Edward), 1880-1970.
      • Date Created: 1954-03-09
      • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
      Miniature of Speech of Mr. G. P. Marsh, of Vermont, on the Mexican war, delivered in the House of Representatives of the U. S., February 10, 1848.
      Speech of Mr. G. P. Marsh, of Vermont, on the Mexican war, delivered in the House of Representatives of the U. S., February 10, 1848.
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        • Creator: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.
        • Date Created: 1848-02-10
        • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
        Miniature of Remarks of Mr. Prentiss, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, March 1, 1836, on the question of reception of a petition from the Society of Friends, praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
        Remarks of Mr. Prentiss, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, March 1, 1836, on the question of reception of a petition from the Society of Friends, praying for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.
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          • Creator: Prentiss, Samuel, 1782-1857.
          • Date Created: 1836-03-01
          • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
          Miniature of Reconstruction : speech of Hon. Luke P. Poland, of Vermont, in the United States Senate, June 5, 1866.
          Reconstruction : speech of Hon. Luke P. Poland, of Vermont, in the United States Senate, June 5, 1866.
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            • Creator: Poland, Luke P. (Luke Potter), 1815-1887.
            • Date Created: 1866-06-05
            • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
            Miniature of The nation's relations to its island possessions : speech of Hon. Jonathan Ross, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Tuesday, January 23, 1900.
            The nation's relations to its island possessions : speech of Hon. Jonathan Ross, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Tuesday, January 23, 1900.
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              • Creator: Ross, Jonathan, 1826-1905.
              • Date Created: 1900-01-23
              • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
              Miniature of Speech of Hon. J. Collamer, of Vermont on the Kansas question / delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 1 and 2, 1858.
              Speech of Hon. J. Collamer, of Vermont on the Kansas question / delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 1 and 2, 1858.
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                • Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865.
                • Date Created: 1858-03-01
                • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                Miniature of Vocational education: Speech of Hon. Carroll S. Page of Vermont in the Senate of the United States, June 24, 1916.
                Vocational education: Speech of Hon. Carroll S. Page of Vermont in the Senate of the United States, June 24, 1916.
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                  • Creator: Page, Carroll Smalley, 1843-1925.
                  • Date Created: 1916-06-24
                  • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                  Miniature of Educational fund : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, April 26, 1876.
                  Educational fund : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, April 26, 1876.
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                    • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
                    • Date Created: 1876-04-26
                    • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                    Miniature of Speech of Hon. Jacob Collamer, of Vermont, on the report of the Kansas Conference Committee / delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 27, 1858.
                    Speech of Hon. Jacob Collamer, of Vermont, on the report of the Kansas Conference Committee / delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 27, 1858.
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                      • Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865.
                      • Date Created: 1858-04-27
                      • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches