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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 160

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158 Creole case which involved principles vital to the institutions and safety of the county and the settlement of which should have been a [underlined] sine qua non [/underlined] in the treaty was left very much as is was found." He served less than two years in the senate and in 1849 was returned to the house when the parties were quite evenly divided and the thirteen free soilers held the balance of power. The contest for speaker was prolonged. Out of the sixty three times votes were east, Mr Conrad voted 59 times for Robert C. Winthrop once for Morehead and twice for Stanley and once was absent. He received a few scattered votes himself. He took no part in the long discussions preceding the passage of the Missouri compromise and before
 
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