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That we favor a constitutional provision limiting the office of President and Vice - President to one term , and providing for the election of senators of the United States by a direct vote of the people . Resolved , 9.
That we favor a constitutional provision limiting the office of President and Vice - President to one term , and providing for the election of senators of the United States by a direct vote of the people . Resolved , 9.
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Although this proposition was agreeable to a majority of both houses of Congress , it met opposition from two successive presidents , Coolidge and Hoover , and was finally set aside for another scheme , less “ socialistic .
Although this proposition was agreeable to a majority of both houses of Congress , it met opposition from two successive presidents , Coolidge and Hoover , and was finally set aside for another scheme , less “ socialistic .
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... Henry Demarest Lloyd declared : “ The people's party is more From Norman Pollack , The Populist Response to Industrial America ; Midwestern Populist Thought , copyright 1962 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College , pp .
... Henry Demarest Lloyd declared : “ The people's party is more From Norman Pollack , The Populist Response to Industrial America ; Midwestern Populist Thought , copyright 1962 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College , pp .
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