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Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912

Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912, Page 104

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102 Jonathan Mason of Massachusetts appeared in the senate Dec. 19, 1800, produced his credentials and took the seat made vacant by the resignation of Benjamin Goodhue. He was a federalist and voted with the party in demanding bonds of stenographers who were admitted to the floor of the senate. Two bills and two speeches stand to his credit. The bills provide for altering the time and place of holding certain courts and for a more convenient organization of the courts of the United States. He was too firm a friend of John Adams to vote for the repeal of the judiciary law and spoke against its repeal on the ground of unconstitutionality and inexpediency. 1 The second speech was on the Mississippi affair. He maintained the right 1. Annals of Congress Vol 111 pp 31-36
 
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