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.
Showing 81 - 85 of 85 Records
The compromise bill : speech of Hon. W. Upham, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, July 26, 1848, on the bill reported from the Select Committee to establish Territorial Governments in Oregon, New Mexico, and California.
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- Creator: Upham, William, 1792-1853.
- Date Created: 1848-07-26
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Speech of the Hon. Samuel Prentiss, of Vermont, upon the question of reception of the Vermont resolutions, on the subject of the admission of Texas, the domestic slave trade, and slavery in the District of Columbia.
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- Creator: Prentiss, Samuel, 1782-1857.
- Date Created: 1838-01-16
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Speech of Horace Everett, of Vermont delivered in the House of Representatives, in Committee of the whole on the Indian annuity bill, Friday, June 3, 1836.
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- Creator: Everett, Horace, 1780-1851.
- Date Created: 1836-06-03
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Our Department of State : speech of Hon. David J. Foster, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, August 21, 1911.
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- Creator: Foster, David Johnson, 1867-1912.
- Date Created: 1911-08-21
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Speech of Mr. Mallary, of Vt. on the tariff bill. Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, March 3, 1828.
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- Creator: Mallary, Rollin Carolus, 1784-1831.
- Date Created: 1828-03-03
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