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New Jersey election speech of Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, in opposition to the proposition of Mr. C. Johnson, of Tennessee, to instruct the Committee on Elections "to report forthwith which five of the ten individuals claiming seats from the state of New Jersey received the greatest number of votes," at the election of 1838, the parties being at the time absent taking evidence by authority of the Committee : delivered in the House of Representatives, February 25 and 26, 1840.

Title
New Jersey election [electronic resource] : speech of Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, in opposition to the proposition of Mr. C. Johnson, of Tennessee, to instruct the Committee on Elections "to report forthwith which five of the ten individuals claiming seats from the state of New Jersey received the greatest number of votes," at the election of 1838, the parties being at the time absent taking evidence by authority of the Committee : delivered in the House of Representatives, February 25 and 26, 1840.
Author
Smith, Truman, 1791-1884.
Publication
Washington [D.C.] : Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1840.

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Additional Authors
United States. Congress (26th, 1st session : 1839-1840). House.
Description
21 p.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • United States. Congress. House > Contested elections > Speeches in Congress
  • United States. Congress. House. Committee of Elections > Speeches in Congress
  • Contested elections > New Jersey > Speeches in Congress
Note
  • "By authority of the Committee."
  • Concerning the contested 1838 election in New Jersey, dubbed the "Great Seal War" because of charges that the Whig Governor of New Jersey unseated successful Congressional candidates by illegally affixing the state seal to the election certificates of Whig candidates.
  • Reproduction of original from Huntington Library.
  • Sabin no. 84451.
Indexed In (note)
  • RLIN
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
CTRG00-B248
Author
Smith, Truman, 1791-1884.
Title
New Jersey election [electronic resource] : speech of Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, in opposition to the proposition of Mr. C. Johnson, of Tennessee, to instruct the Committee on Elections "to report forthwith which five of the ten individuals claiming seats from the state of New Jersey received the greatest number of votes," at the election of 1838, the parties being at the time absent taking evidence by authority of the Committee : delivered in the House of Representatives, February 25 and 26, 1840.
Imprint
Washington [D.C.] : Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1840.
Indexed In:
RLIN, CTRG00-B248
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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United States. Congress (26th, 1st session : 1839-1840). House.
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