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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Speaker of Congress, the (search)
characters and abilities, so long we shall continue the desire for opportunities for display and fail to create the desire for opportunities to do service. Speakers of the House of Congress. Congress.Years.Name.State.Born.Died. 11789-91F. A. MuhlenburgPennsylvania 17501801 21791-93Jonathan TrumbullConnecticut17401809 31793-95F. A. MuhlenburgPennsylvania 17501801 4, 51795-99Jonathan DaytonNew Jersey17601824 61799-1801Theo. SedgwickMassachusetts17461813 7-91801-07Nathaniel MaconNorth CaF. A. MuhlenburgPennsylvania 17501801 4, 51795-99Jonathan DaytonNew Jersey17601824 61799-1801Theo. SedgwickMassachusetts17461813 7-91801-07Nathaniel MaconNorth Carolina17571837 10, 111807-11Joseph B. VarnumMasssachusetts17501821 12, 131811-14Henry ClayKentucky 17771852 131814-15Langdon ChevesSouth Carolina17761857 14-161815-20Henry ClayKentucky17771852 161820-21John W. TaylorNew York17841854 171821-23Philip P. BarbourVirginia17831841 181823-25Henry ClayKentucky17771852 191825-27John W. TaylorNew York17841854 20-231827-34Andrew StevensonVirginia17841857 231834-35John BellTennessee 17971869 24, 251835-39James K. PolkTennessee17951849 261839-41R
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in the hospital in New York City......April 13, 14, 1788 Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham purchase of the Six Nations 2,500,000 acres in western New York......1788 New York ratifies the Constitution of the United States......July 26, 1788 Congress meets in New York, in the old City Hall, corner of Wall and Nassau streets, opposite Broad; only eight Senators and thirteen Representatives present......March 4, 1789 Senate, having a quorum, organizes......March 30, 1789 [Frederic A. Muhlenburg, speaker.] Senate, having a quorum, organizes......April 6, 1789 [John Langdon, New Hampshire, chosen to preside at the counting of votes for President. All the sixty-nine votes were cast for Washington, and thirty-four for John Adams, who became Vice-President.] John Adams takes the chair of the Senate......April 21, 1789 Washington arrives at Elizabeth Point, and is escorted to New York by a committee from both Houses in a barge rowed by thirteen pilots dressed in wh