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Among the greatest of debates in Senate history was the Webster–Hayne debate of January 1830, pitting the sectional interests of Daniel Webster's New England against Robert Y. Hayne's South. During the pre-Civil War decades, the debate over slavery consumed the Senate with the House consistently opposed to slavery.
The Senate, 1789–1989. Four volumes. Vol. I, a chronological series of addresses on the history of the Senate; Vol. II, a topical series of addresses on various aspects of the Senate's operation and powers; Vol. III, Classic Speeches, 1830–1993; Vol. IV, Historical Statistics, 1789–1992; Dole, Bob. Historical Almanac of the United States ...
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 1st United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1791.. The order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term, with senators entering service the same day ranked alphabetically.
The 1st United States Congress, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1791, during the first two years of George Washington's presidency, first at Federal Hall in New York City and later at Congress Hall in Philadelphia.
An outright majority (50% plus one) was required for a candidate to win. Charles Carroll won election over Uriah Forrest by a margin of 3.70%, or 3 votes, for one of the seats. This election was decided on the third ballot, after the first did not produce a majority and the second had both candidates tie.
The three were reunited in the Senate in 1832, with Calhoun's resignation from the vice presidency and election to the Senate in the midst of the Nullification Crisis. The three would remain in the Senate until their deaths, with exceptions for Webster and Calhoun's tenures as Secretary of State and Clay's presidential campaigns in 1844 and 1848.
Sumner's birthplace on Irving Street, Beacon Hill, Boston Charles Sumner was born on Irving Street in Boston on January 6, 1811. His father, Charles Pinckney Sumner, was a Harvard-educated lawyer, abolitionist, and early proponent of racial integration of schools, who shocked 19th-century Boston by opposing anti-miscegenation laws. [3]
It has been considered symbolic of the "breakdown of reasoned discourse" [1] and willingness to resort to violence that eventually led to the Civil War. Although Sumner was unable to return to the Senate until December 1859, [2] the Massachusetts legislature refused to replace him, leaving his empty desk in the Senate as a public reminder of ...