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 Bread for our starving countrymen : speech of Hon. F. E. Woodbridge, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, March 19, 1867.
Bread for our starving countrymen : speech of Hon. F. E. Woodbridge, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, March 19, 1867.
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    • Creator: Woodbridge, Frederick Enoch, 1819-1888.
    • Date Created: 1867-03-19
    • Description: "On Senate joint resolution no. 16, for the relief of the destitute in the southern and southwestern states."
    • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
    Miniature of It is time for a show-down : remarks of Hon. Charles A. Plumley, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, September 25, 1941.
    It is time for a show-down : remarks of Hon. Charles A. Plumley, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, Thursday, September 25, 1941.
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      • Creator: Plumley, Charles Albert, 1875-1964.
      • Date Created: 1941-09-25
      • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
      Miniature of Speech of Mr. Solomon Foot, of Vermont, on the character and objects of the Mexican War : delivered in the House of Representatives of the U.S., Feb. 10, 1847.
      Speech of Mr. Solomon Foot, of Vermont, on the character and objects of the Mexican War : delivered in the House of Representatives of the U.S., Feb. 10, 1847.
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        • Creator: Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866.
        • Date Created: 1847-02-10
        • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
        Miniature of A tariff revision should leave our industries and labor unharmed and prosperous : remarks of Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, December 9, 1886, on his resolution relative to a revision of the tariff.
        A tariff revision should leave our industries and labor unharmed and prosperous : remarks of Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, December 9, 1886, on his resolution relative to a revision of the tariff.
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          • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
          • Date Created: 1886-12-09
          • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
          Miniature of National colleges : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont in the Senate of the United States, December 5, 1872.
          National colleges : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont in the Senate of the United States, December 5, 1872.
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            • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
            • Date Created: 1872-12-05
            • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
            Miniature of America's Credibility: The Underpinning Of An Effective Foreign Policy
            America's Credibility: The Underpinning Of An Effective Foreign Policy
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              • Creator: Leahy, Patrick J.
              • Date Created: 2004-04-15
              • Description: Address of Senator Patrick Leahy School For International Training Brattleboro, Vermont April 15, 2004
              • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
              Miniature of 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.
              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.
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                • Creator: Brigham, Elbert S. (Elbert Sidney), 1877-1962.
                • Date Created: 1929-04-19
                • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                Miniature of Selective compulsory military service : speech of Hon. Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. of Vermont in the Senate of the United States, August 24, 1940.
                Selective compulsory military service : speech of Hon. Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. of Vermont in the Senate of the United States, August 24, 1940.
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                  • Creator: Gibson, Ernest W., 1901-1969.
                  • Date Created: 1940-08-24
                  • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                  Miniature of Tariff and tax commission : speech of Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, March 17, 1882.
                  Tariff and tax commission : speech of Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, March 17, 1882.
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                    • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
                    • Date Created: 1882-03-17
                    • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                    Miniature of Tariff : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives, April 23, 1860.
                    Tariff : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives, April 23, 1860.
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                      • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
                      • Date Created: 1860-04-23
                      • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches