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Previous Legislative Experience of United States Senators by Agnes Wallace Smith, 1912, Page 162

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been cases where the appointed senator held the position until the end of the session. 1 Mr. Winthrop, however, gave way as soon as Mr. Rantoul arrived.
The first day Mr. Rantoul read a memorial from the Beverly inventors praying that the patent laws be changed. He spoke twice in favor of the bill limiting the liabilities of shipowners.
When Jefferson Davis proposed the purchase of fifty camels for the use of the army, Mr. Rantoul though the matter ought to be investigated further, whereupon Davis retorted, "I do not see why you should wish it postponed. and besides I do not know that we shall have, at any further time the light of your information." 2
In the fifteen times the yeas and nays were taken Mr. Rantoul's vote did not
1. Lewis Cass' predecessor did not give up his appointed office.

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160. been cases where the appointed senator held the position until the end of the session. 1 Mr. Winthrop, however, gave way as soon as Mr. Rantoul arrived. The first day Mr. Rantoul read a memorial from the Beverly inventors praying that the patent laws be changed. He spoke twice in favor of the bill limiting the liabilities of shipowners. When Jefferson Davis proposed the purchase of fifty camels for the use of the army, Mr. Rantoul though the matter ought to be investigated further, whereupon Davis retorted, "I do not see why you should wish it postponed. and besides I do not know that we shall have, at any further time the light of your information." 2 In the fifteen times the yeas and nays were taken Mr. Rantoul's vote did not 1. Lewis Cass' predecessor did not give up his appointed office.