The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs, 1829-1861The Constitution in Congress series has been called nothing less than a biography of the US Constitution for its in-depth examination of the role that the legislative and executive branches have played in the development of constitutional interpretation. This third volume in the series, the early installments of which dealt with the Federalist and Jeffersonian eras, continues this examination with the Jacksonian revolution of 1829 and subsequent efforts by Democrats to dismantle Henry Clay’s celebrated “American System” of nationalist economics. David P. Currie covers the political events of the period leading up to the start of the Civil War, showing how the slavery question, although seldom overtly discussed in the debates included in this volume, underlies the Southern insistence on strict interpretation of federal powers. Like its predecessors, The Constitution in Congress: Democrats and Whigs will be an invaluable reference for legal scholars and constitutional historians alike. |
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... CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS 229 I. Threshold Questions 229 II. Vacancies 233 A. Mississippi 233 B. Kentucky 237 C. Vermont 241 III. The Three PS 244 A. Illinois 244 B. Eligibility Encore 247 C. Indiana and Iowa 250 CHAPTER 10: OTHER ...
... CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS 229 I. Threshold Questions 229 II. Vacancies 233 A. Mississippi 233 B. Kentucky 237 C. Vermont 241 III. The Three PS 244 A. Illinois 244 B. Eligibility Encore 247 C. Indiana and Iowa 250 CHAPTER 10: OTHER ...
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... congressional allies to limit federal intervention in the economy, whether in the form of support for internal improvements, maintenance of a National Bank, establishment of protective tariffs, or disposition of the public lands. As we ...
... congressional allies to limit federal intervention in the economy, whether in the form of support for internal improvements, maintenance of a National Bank, establishment of protective tariffs, or disposition of the public lands. As we ...
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... congressional journals and debates, reports of Senate and House committees, and presidential messages, supplemented by secondary materials and by such more or less original papers as letters, diaries, and recollections of the principal ...
... congressional journals and debates, reports of Senate and House committees, and presidential messages, supplemented by secondary materials and by such more or less original papers as letters, diaries, and recollections of the principal ...
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... Congressional Globe (Washington, 1833—73) M. St. Clair Clarke & David A. Hall, eds, Cases of Contested Elections in Congress, 1789—1834 (Gales & Seaton, 1834) Farrand The Federalist The Federalist Period Jackson Correspondence Jackson ...
... Congressional Globe (Washington, 1833—73) M. St. Clair Clarke & David A. Hall, eds, Cases of Contested Elections in Congress, 1789—1834 (Gales & Seaton, 1834) Farrand The Federalist The Federalist Period Jackson Correspondence Jackson ...
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... congressional authority. He had focused, however, on such exotica as “lighthouses in the skies, . . . national universities, and . . . explorations round the globe”;'° he had not publicly attacked any essential element of the American ...
... congressional authority. He had focused, however, on such exotica as “lighthouses in the skies, . . . national universities, and . . . explorations round the globe”;'° he had not publicly attacked any essential element of the American ...
Contents
The Kitchen Sink
| 121 |
Conclusion | 278 |
Dramatis Personae | 281 |
Appendix B Principal Officers 18291861 | 303 |
Appendix C The Constitution of the United States | 311 |
Index | 327 |
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