Congressional Speeches

Congressional Speeches

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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...
Show moreThis 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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Title: Congressional Speeches
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Description: 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.
Publisher: University of Vermont Libraries, Center for Digital Initiatives
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Title: Hathaway Nomination
Date Created: June 10, 1975

Title: Hawaiian reciprocity treaty : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, executive session, March 18, 1875.
Date Created: 1875-03-18

Title: I speak to-day for impartial suffrage, and for constitutional liberty based upon a free ballot, a truthful count, and an honest declaration of it : speech of Hon. Charles H. Joyce, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, April 24, 1879.
Date Created: 1879-04-24

Title: Immigration abuses : remarks of Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, December 14, 1887, on his bill (S. 141) to regulate immigration and for other purposes.
Date Created: 1887-12-14

Title: Interstate commerce : speech of Hon. John W. Stewart, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, December 10, 1884.
Date Created: 1884-12-10

Title: It is time for a show-down : remarks of Hon. Charles A. Plumley, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, September 25, 1941.
Date Created: 1941-09-25

Title: Limitations of national policy : speech of Hon. Ralph E. Flanders of Vermont in the Senate of the United States August 11, 1949.
Date Created: 1949-08-11

Title: Memorial of Samuel C. Crafts and others : citizens of the state of Vermont, praying for further protection to domestic industry, January 2, 1828; read, and referred to the Committee on Manufactures.
Date Created: January 2, 1828

Title: 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.
Date Created: 1860-06-06

Title: 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.
Date Created: 1900-01-23

Title: National colleges : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont in the Senate of the United States, December 5, 1872.
Date Created: December 5, 1872

Title: Nebraska and Kansas : speech of Mr. Meacham, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, Feb. 15, 1854, against the Nebraska and Kansas territorial bill, and in favor of maintaining the government faith with the Indian tribes.
Date Created: 1854-02-15

Title: 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.
Date Created: 1929-04-19

Title: Oleomargarine legislation : speech of Hon. Elbert S. Brigham of Vermont in the House of Representatives, January 31, 1930.
Date Created: 1930-01-31

Title: Our Department of State : speech of Hon. David J. Foster, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, August 21, 1911.
Date Created: 1911-08-21

Title: Our plain duty toward Puerto Rico ... speech of Hon. Redfield Proctor, in the Senate of the United States, March 30, 1900.
Date Created: 1900-03-30

Title: 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.
Date Created: 1915-02-11

Title: The President's message hostile to home protection, home markets, and home labor : remarks of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, April 11, 1888.
Date Created: 1888-04-11

Title: Proposed recognition of Cuba : speech of Hon. Charles W. Willard, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, April 9, 1869, in opposition to the resolution of sympathy with the insurrection in Cuba.
Date Created: 1869-04-09

Title: 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.
Date Created: 1870-05-09

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