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 Free trade and protective tariffs tested by official statistics : speech of Hon. E.P. Walton, of Vermont, delivered in the House of Representatives, February 7, 1859.
Free trade and protective tariffs tested by official statistics : speech of Hon. E.P. Walton, of Vermont, delivered in the House of Representatives, February 7, 1859.
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    • Creator: Walton, Eliakim Persons, 1812-1890.
    • Date Created: 1859-02-07
    • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
    Miniature of The extinction of slavery : speech of Hon. F. E. Woodbridge, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, January 12, 1865, upon the motion to reconsider the vote by which the House, on the 15th of June last, rejected a joint resolution (S. no. 16)
    The extinction of slavery : speech of Hon. F. E. Woodbridge, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, January 12, 1865, upon the motion to reconsider the vote by which the House, on the 15th of June last, rejected a joint resolution (S. no. 16)
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      • Creator: Woodbridge, Frederick Enoch, 1819-1888.
      • Date Created: 1865-01-12
      • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
      Miniature of Speech of Hon. William Upham, of Vermont, on the Compromise bill : in Senate, July 1 and 2, 1850.
      Speech of Hon. William Upham, of Vermont, on the Compromise bill : in Senate, July 1 and 2, 1850.
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        • Creator: Upham, William, 1792-1853.
        • Date Created: 1850-07-01
        • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
        Miniature of State of the Union / speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, February 18, 1861.
        State of the Union / speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, February 18, 1861.
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          • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
          • Date Created: 1861-02-18
          • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
          Miniature of 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.
          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.
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            • Creator: Joyce, Charles H.
            • Date Created: 1879-04-24
            • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
            Miniature of The conduct of Captain Brownell, charged with the torture of the priest Augustine : speeches of Hon. Redfield Proctor, of Vermont, and Hon. J. H. Berry, of Arkansas, in the Senate of the United States, January 28 and February 2, 1903.
            The conduct of Captain Brownell, charged with the torture of the priest Augustine : speeches of Hon. Redfield Proctor, of Vermont, and Hon. J. H. Berry, of Arkansas, in the Senate of the United States, January 28 and February 2, 1903.
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              • Creator: Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908., Berry, James Henderson, 1841-1913.
              • Date Created: 1903
              • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
              Miniature of Remarks in the United States Senate / by Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, upon the tariff, free coinage, and collateral matter, June 2, 1896.
              Remarks in the United States Senate / by Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, upon the tariff, free coinage, and collateral matter, June 2, 1896.
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                • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
                • Date Created: 1896-06-02
                • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                Miniature of The blunders of a Democratic political tariff, and a British income tax : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Wednesday, April 18, 1894.
                The blunders of a Democratic political tariff, and a British income tax : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Wednesday, April 18, 1894.
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                  • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
                  • Date Created: 1894-04-18
                  • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                  Miniature of Hathaway Nomination
                  Hathaway Nomination
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                    • Creator: Leahy, Patrick J.
                    • Date Created: 1975-06-10
                    • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                    Miniature of 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.
                    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.
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                      • Creator: Willard, Charles Wesley, 1827-1880.
                      • Date Created: 1869-04-09
                      • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches