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Excerpt from Dictionary of the United States Congress: Containing Biographical Sketches of Its Members From the Foundation of the Government; With an Appendix, Compiled as a Manual of Reference for the Legislator and Statesman Our National law-makers, from the foundation of the Government, would be a deserved tribute to them, and, at the same time, be gene rally useful. The record has been made in each case as correct and concise as possible. Of many men more might have been written, but that was not deemed expedient in a work Of this kind; and where not enough has been said, the fault must be attributed to the indif ference Of the persons mostly interested, or to the neglect Of their friends. Not´being a politician, it has given me but little trouble to be impartial. My intention has been to express no Opinions of living men, and but seldom to echo public Opinion in regard to the dead. My leading Object has been to prepare a kind Of labor-saving machine, for the benefit of all who feel an interest in the political history and future prosperity of the Republic; and, in the Appendix, I have endeavored to bring together, from the Government archives, a mass of Legislative and Executive information, calculated to be of service to Members of Congress, while engaged in their public duties, and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Excerpt from Dictionary of the United States Congress: Containing Biographical Sketches of Its Members From the Foundation of the Government; With an Appendix, Compiled as a Manual of Reference for the Legislator and Statesman Our National law-makers, from the foundation of the Government, would be a deserved tribute to them, and, at the same time, be gene rally useful. The record has been made in each case as correct and concise as possible. Of many men more might have been written, but that Buch > Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst & Musik > Geschichte > Sonstiges, Forgotten Books<