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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 119

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117 system of internal improvements. 1 The motion failed to pass but on March 2, 1807 Senator Worthington of Ohio secured precicely the same measure. 2 Mr. Adams was a man of too broad view and independence to vote for party policies. He broke away from the federalists on the Louisiana question, and the party broke with him when he reported the embargo bill and voted for it. Thence forward he was a man without a party. The Federalists showed their disapproval by electing James Lloyd to succeed Adams. They might have waited until the end of the session of their legislature to elect a successor to Adams, but it was done early in the session. Adams felt that it was an insult and promptly resigned. 1. Annals of Congress Vol. 16 - p 75 2 Annals of Congress Vol. 16 p 97
 
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