Congressional Speeches

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This collection features speeches made on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and Senate by Vermont Congressmen. Topics covered include the environment, education, agriculture, World War II and selective service, the Mexican War, the tariff and international trade, slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction. The speeches date from 1812 to the present and a wide variety of Congressmen are represented.

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Published: April 10, 2007, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections

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Thumbnail: Speech of Mr. J. Collamer, of Vermont, on the annexation of Texas : delivered in the house of Representatives, U.S., in Committee of the Whole, January 23, 1845.

Title: Speech of Mr. J. Collamer, of Vermont, on the annexation of Texas : delivered in the house of Representatives, U.S., in Committee of the Whole, January 23, 1845.

Creator: Collamer, Jacob, 1791-1865.

Date: 1845-01-23

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: Speech of Mr. Mallary, of Vt. on the tariff bill. Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, March 3, 1828.

Title: Speech of Mr. Mallary, of Vt. on the tariff bill. Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, March 3, 1828.

Creator: Mallary, Rollin Carolus, 1784-1831.

Date: 1828-03-03

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: Speech of Mr. Solomon Foot, of Vermont, on the character and objects of the Mexican War : delivered in the House of Representatives of the U.S., Feb. 10, 1847.

Title: Speech of Mr. Solomon Foot, of Vermont, on the character and objects of the Mexican War : delivered in the House of Representatives of the U.S., Feb. 10, 1847.

Creator: Foot, Solomon, 1802-1866.

Date: 1847-02-10

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: Speech of Mr. Upham, of Vermont, on the Three million bill : delivered in the Senate of the United States, Monday, March 1, 1847.

Title: Speech of Mr. Upham, of Vermont, on the Three million bill : delivered in the Senate of the United States, Monday, March 1, 1847.

Creator: Upham, William, 1792-1853.

Date: 1847-03-01

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: Speech of the Hon. Samuel Prentiss, of Vermont, upon the question of reception of the Vermont resolutions, on the subject of the admission of Texas, the domestic slave trade, and slavery in the District of Columbia.

Title: Speech of the Hon. Samuel Prentiss, of Vermont, upon the question of reception of the Vermont resolutions, on the subject of the admission of Texas, the domestic slave trade, and slavery in the District of Columbia.

Creator: Prentiss, Samuel, 1782-1857

Date: 1838-01-16

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: Speeches of the Hon. Samuel Prentiss, of Vermont : upon the bill to prohibit the giving or accepting challenges to duels in the district of Columbia,delivered in the Senate United State, March 2d and 30th, and April 6th, 1838.

Title: Speeches of the Hon. Samuel Prentiss, of Vermont : upon the bill to prohibit the giving or accepting challenges to duels in the district of Columbia,delivered in the Senate United State, March 2d and 30th, and April 6th, 1838.

Creator: Prentiss, Samuel, 1782-1857.

Date: 1838

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: State of the Union / speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, February 18, 1861.

Title: State of the Union / speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, February 18, 1861.

Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.

Date: 1861-02-18

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: Substance of the speech of Mr. Phelps, of Vermont, on the subject of the tariff. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 16 and 19, 1844.

Title: Substance of the speech of Mr. Phelps, of Vermont, on the subject of the tariff. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 16 and 19, 1844.

Creator: Phelps, Samuel Shethar, 1793-1855.

Date: 1844-02-16

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: Tariff : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives, April 23, 1860.

Title: Tariff : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, delivered in the U.S. House of Representatives, April 23, 1860.

Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.

Date: 1860-04-23

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: Tariff and tax commission : speech of Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, March 17, 1882.

Title: Tariff and tax commission : speech of Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Friday, March 17, 1882.

Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.

Date: 1882-03-17

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: Tariff of 1890 : remarks by Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, July 30, 1890; the Senate having under consideration the bill H.R. 9416.

Title: Tariff of 1890 : remarks by Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, July 30, 1890; the Senate having under consideration the bill H.R. 9416.

Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.

Date: 1890-07-30

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: That an American tariff should not be superseded by a British tariff, with its tail of excise, income, and other taxes : speech of Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, December 13, 1893.

Title: That an American tariff should not be superseded by a British tariff, with its tail of excise, income, and other taxes : speech of Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, December 13, 1893.

Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.

Date: 1893-12-13

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: The California question : speech of Hon. James Meacham, of Vermont in the House of Representatives, May 14, 1850.

Title: The California question : speech of Hon. James Meacham, of Vermont in the House of Representatives, May 14, 1850.

Creator: Meacham, James, 1810-1856.

Date: 1850-05-14

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: The President's message hostile to home protection, home markets, and home labor : remarks of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, April 11, 1888.

Title: The President's message hostile to home protection, home markets, and home labor : remarks of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, April 11, 1888.

Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.

Date: 1888-04-11

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: The blunders of a Democratic political tariff, and a British income tax : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Wednesday, April 18, 1894.

Title: The blunders of a Democratic political tariff, and a British income tax : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Wednesday, April 18, 1894.

Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.

Date: 1894-04-18

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: The compromise bill : speech of Hon. W. Upham, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, July 26, 1848, on the bill reported from the Select Committee to establish Territorial Governments in Oregon, New Mexico, and California.

Title: The compromise bill : speech of Hon. W. Upham, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, July 26, 1848, on the bill reported from the Select Committee to establish Territorial Governments in Oregon, New Mexico, and California.

Creator: Upham, William, 1792-1853.

Date: 1848-07-26

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: The condition of Cuba. It is not peace, it is not war : speech of the Hon. Redfield Proctor in the Senate of the United States, Thursday, March 17, 1898.

Title: The condition of Cuba. It is not peace, it is not war : speech of the Hon. Redfield Proctor in the Senate of the United States, Thursday, March 17, 1898.

Creator: Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908.

Date: 1898-03-17

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: The conduct of Captain Brownell, charged with the torture of the priest Augustine : speeches of Hon. Redfield Proctor, of Vermont, and Hon. J. H. Berry, of Arkansas, in the Senate of the United States, January 28 and February 2, 1903.

Title: The conduct of Captain Brownell, charged with the torture of the priest Augustine : speeches of Hon. Redfield Proctor, of Vermont, and Hon. J. H. Berry, of Arkansas, in the Senate of the United States, January 28 and February 2, 1903.

Creator: Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908.

Date: 1903

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: The extinction of slavery : speech of Hon. F. E. Woodbridge, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, January 12, 1865, upon the motion to reconsider the vote by which the House, on the 15th of June last, rejected a joint resolution (S. no. 16)

Title: The extinction of slavery : speech of Hon. F. E. Woodbridge, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, January 12, 1865, upon the motion to reconsider the vote by which the House, on the 15th of June last, rejected a joint resolution (S. no. 16)

Creator: Woodbridge, Frederick Enoch, 1819-1888.

Date: 1865-01-12

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: The nation's relations to its island possessions : speech of Hon. Jonathan Ross, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Tuesday, January 23, 1900.

Title: The nation's relations to its island possessions : speech of Hon. Jonathan Ross, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, Tuesday, January 23, 1900.

Creator: Ross, Jonathan, 1826-1905.

Date: 1900-01-23

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: The need for a new policy in agriculture : ... speech of Hon. Elbert S. Brigham of Vermont in the House of Representatives, Friday, April 19, 1929.

Title: The need for a new policy in agriculture : ... speech of Hon. Elbert S. Brigham of Vermont in the House of Representatives, Friday, April 19, 1929.

Creator: Brigham, Elbert S. (Elbert Sidney), 1877-1962.

Date: 1929-04-19

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: The revenue bill : sheep husbandry, the doctrines of scripture as well as great national interests demand that our flocks should be preserved; remarks of Hon. Redfield Proctor, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, June 15, 1894.

Title: The revenue bill : sheep husbandry, the doctrines of scripture as well as great national interests demand that our flocks should be preserved; remarks of Hon. Redfield Proctor, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, June 15, 1894.

Creator: Proctor, Redfield, 1831-1908.

Date: 1894-06-15

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: The tariff : Speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 8, 1881, on the bill appoint a tariff commission.

Title: The tariff : Speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 8, 1881, on the bill appoint a tariff commission.

Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.

Date: 1881-12-08

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: The tariff : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, February 6, 1857 : on the bill reported from the Committee of Ways and Means to reduce the duties on imports.

Title: The tariff : speech of Hon. Justin S. Morrill, of Vermont, in the House of Representatives, February 6, 1857 : on the bill reported from the Committee of Ways and Means to reduce the duties on imports.

Creator: Morrill, Justin S. (Justin Smith), 1810-1898.

Date: 1857-02-06

Resource type: speech

Thumbnail: Vocational education: Speech of Hon. Carroll S. Page of Vermont in the Senate of the United States, June 24, 1916.

Title: Vocational education: Speech of Hon. Carroll S. Page of Vermont in the Senate of the United States, June 24, 1916.

Creator: Page, Carroll Smalley, 1843-1925.

Date: 1916-06-24

Resource type: speech

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