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.

85 Congressional Speeches
Miniature of An Answer to Misleading Charges About the Civil Rights Bill
An Answer to Misleading Charges About the Civil Rights Bill
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    • Creator: Prouty, Winston L. (Winston Lewis), 1906-1971.
    • Date Created: 1954-04-25
    • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
    Miniature of 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.
    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.
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      • Creator: Crafts, Samuel Chandler, 1768-1853.
      • Date Created: 1828-01-02
      • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
      Miniature of Oleomargarine legislation : speech of Hon. Elbert S. Brigham of Vermont in the House of Representatives, January 31, 1930.
      Oleomargarine legislation : speech of Hon. Elbert S. Brigham of Vermont in the House of Representatives, January 31, 1930.
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        • Creator: Brigham, Elbert S. (Elbert Sidney), 1877-1962.
        • Date Created: 1930-01-31
        • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
        Miniature of Speech of Mr. Upham, of Vermont, on the Three million bill : delivered in the Senate of the United States, Monday, March 1, 1847.
        Speech of Mr. Upham, of Vermont, on the Three million bill : delivered in the Senate of the United States, Monday, March 1, 1847.
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          • Creator: Upham, William, 1792-1853.
          • Date Created: 1847-03-01
          • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
          Miniature of Remarks upon the bill proposing a reduction of internal taxes and of the tariff : speech of Hon. J. S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, January 10, 1883.
          Remarks upon the bill proposing a reduction of internal taxes and of the tariff : speech of Hon. J. S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, January 10, 1883.
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            • Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.
            • Date Created: 1883-01-10
            • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
            Miniature of 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.
            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.
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              • Creator: Meacham, James, 1810-1856.
              • Date Created: 1854-02-15
              • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
              Miniature of Interstate commerce : speech of Hon. John W. Stewart, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, December 10, 1884.
              Interstate commerce : speech of Hon. John W. Stewart, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, Wednesday, December 10, 1884.
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                • Creator: Stewart, John W. (John Wolcott), 1825-1915.
                • Date Created: 1884-12-10
                • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                Miniature of Slavery in the territories : Speech of Hon. Lucius B. Peck, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, April 23, 1850, in committee of the whole on the state of the Union, on the President's message transmitting the constitution of California.
                Slavery in the territories : Speech of Hon. Lucius B. Peck, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, April 23, 1850, in committee of the whole on the state of the Union, on the President's message transmitting the constitution of California.
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                  • Creator: Peck, Lucius Benedict, 1802-1866.
                  • Date Created: 1850-04-23
                  • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                  Miniature of Speech of Hon. E.P. Walton, of Vermont : on the confiscation of rebel property, delivered in the House of Representatives, May 24, 1862.
                  Speech of Hon. E.P. Walton, of Vermont : on the confiscation of rebel property, delivered in the House of Representatives, May 24, 1862.
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                    • Creator: Walton, Eliakim Persons, 1812-1890.
                    • Date Created: 1862-05-24
                    • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches
                    Miniature of Agricultural experiment stations : remarks of William W. Grout, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, February 25, 1887.
                    Agricultural experiment stations : remarks of William W. Grout, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, February 25, 1887.
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                      • Creator: Grout, William Wallace, 1836-1902.
                      • Date Created: 1887-02-25
                      • Parent Collections: Congressional Speeches