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Debates in the House of Representatives on the Twelfth Amendment, 1803

October–December 1803. The House of Representatives' debate on the Twelfth Amendment, as printed in the Annals of Congress: every item headed “Amendment to the Constitution”, and the paragraphs in which the House took the resolutions up without that heading, from Mr. Dawson's resolution of October 17 to the vote on the Senate's resolution and the request of December 12, 1803, that the President send the amendment to the States.

15 items490 paragraphs99k words
  1. 1

    October 17, 1803

    3 paragraphs1 min
  2. 2

    October 19, 1803

    10 paragraphs8 min
  3. 3

    October 20, 1803

    8 paragraphs3 min
  4. 4

    October 22, 1803

    3 paragraphs1 min
  5. 5

    October 24, 1803

    40 paragraphs28 min
  6. 6

    October 26, 1803

    8 paragraphs13 min
  7. 7

    October 27, 1803

    1 paragraphs1 min
  8. 8

    October 27, 1803

    8 paragraphs2 min
  9. 9

    October 28, 1803

    70 paragraphs69 min
  10. 10

    October 31, 1803

    1 paragraphs1 min
  11. 11

    December 5, 1803

    4 paragraphs1 min
  12. 12

    December 6, 1803

    54 paragraphs40 min
  13. 13

    December 7, 1803

    124 paragraphs83 min
  14. 14

    December 8, 1803

    153 paragraphs180 min
  15. 15

    December 12, 1803

    3 paragraphs1 min

Text of Joseph Gales, Sr., comp., The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (Annals of Congress), vol. 13 (Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1852), read from OCR; the debates are given as reported, not always word for word.How this text was made

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