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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Truman, 1791-1884.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Contested elections--New Jersey--Speeches in Congress.
- Contested elections.
- United States. Congress. House--Contested elections--Speeches in Congress.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. House. Committee of Elections--Speeches in Congress.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (21 p. )
- Other Title:
- New Jersey election
- Place of Publication:
- Washington [D.C.] : Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1840.
- Notes:
- "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.
- Cited in:
- RLIN, CTRG00-B248
- OCLC:
- 85795269
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