 ... March. They are to hold for two years, but the precise hour for the commencement of that term of two years is nowhere fixed by constitutional or legal provision. It has been established by usage and by inference, and very properly established, that,...  New Primary History of the United States - Page 130by Susan Pendleton Lee - 1899 - 238 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Congress - 1836 - 684 pages
...by inference, and very properly established, that, since the first Congress commenced its existence on the first Wednesday in March, 1789, which happened to be the 4th day of that month, therefore the 4th of March is the day of the commencement of each successive term;... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1843 - 568 pages
...by inference, and very properly established, that, since the first Congress commenced its existence, on the first Wednesday in March, 1789, which happened to be the 4th day of the month, therefore, the 4th of March is the day of the commencement of each successive term,... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851 - 640 pages
...inference, and very properly estab« lished, that, since the first Congress commenced its existence on the first Wednesday in March, 1789, which happened to be the fourth day of the month, therefore the 4th of March is th« day of the commencement of each successive... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 578 pages
...by inference, and very properly established, that, since the first Congress commenced its existence on the first Wednesday in March, 1789, which happened to be the fourth day of the month, therefore the 4th of March is the day of the commencement of each successive... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edwin Percy Whipple - 1879 - 780 pages
...by inference, and very properly established, that, since the first Congress commenced its existence on the first Wednesday in March, 1789, which happened to be the fourth day of the month, therefore the 4th of March is the day of the commeiu-ement of each successive... | |
 | Benjamin Harrison - 1897 - 396 pages
...respectively, of the Senators and Representatives, shall begin. The first Congress was appointed to assemble on the first Wednesday in March, 1789, which happened to be the 4th day of the month, and that date, in every second year, has ever since been recognized as the why terms... | |
 | Benjamin Harrison - 1897 - 394 pages
...respectively, of the Senators and Representatives, shall begin. The first Congress was appointed to assemble on the first Wednesday in March, 1789, which happened to be the 4th day of the month, and that date, in every second year, has ever since been recognized as the Why terms... | |
 | Benjamin Harrison - 1897 - 400 pages
...of the Senators and Representatives, shall begin. The first Congress was appointed to assemble 0ii the first Wednesday in March, 1789, which happened to be the 4th day of the month, and that date, in every second year, has ever since been recognized as the why terms... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1923 - 20 pages
...States in ratifying the Constitution. The date was fixed by the old Continental Congress and they fixed the first Wednesday in March, 1789, which happened to be the 4th of March, as the time for commencing proceedings under the new Constitution. (Journal of Congress, vol.... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1923 - 1086 pages
...states in ratifying the Constitution. The date was fixed by the old Continental Congress and they fixed the first Wednesday in March, 1789, which happened to be the 4th of March, as the time for commencing proceedings under the new Constitution. (Journal of Congress, Vol.... | |
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