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Debates in the House of Representatives on the designation of President and Vice President, 1802

February–May 1802. The House of Representatives' proceedings on designating the persons voted for as President and Vice President, as printed in the Annals of Congress: the resolutions offered on February 19, 1802, and the debate and vote of May 1, headed “Amendments to the Constitution”.

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    February 19, 1802

    5 paragraphs1 min
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    May 1, 1802

    65 paragraphs19 min

Text of Joseph Gales, Sr., comp., The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (Annals of Congress), vol. 11 (Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1851), read from OCR; the debates are given as reported, not always word for word.How this text was made

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