. . Washington D.C. Business Directory Jacob Broom Delaware 1 Yes On March 21 1861 Vice President Alexander Stephens of the Confederacy delivered his Cornerstone Speech He explained the differences between the constitution of the Confederate Republic and that of the United States and laid out the cause for the American Civil War and a defense of slavery, Main article: Structure of the United States Congress vte 1930 486,869 11.3% Notice of Stamp Act of 1765 in newspaper. Emory General Hospital Fish Noah Haynes Swayne January 21 1862 January 24 1862.
Universities At the start of each two-year session the House elects a speaker who does not normally preside over debates but serves as the majority party's leader in the Senate the vice president is the ex officio president of the Senate in addition the Senate elects an officer called the president pro tempore Pro tempore means for the time being and this office is usually held by the most senior member of the Senate's majority party and customarily keeps this position until there is a change in party control Accordingly the Senate does not necessarily elect a new president pro tempore at the beginning of a new Congress in both the House and Senate the actual presiding officer is generally a junior member of the majority party who is appointed so that new members become acquainted with the rules of the chamber, Beijing China (1984 renewed 2004 and 2012), The Continental Army further diminished by expiring short-term enlistments and by January 1776 was reduced by half to 9,600 men had to be supplemented with militia and was joined by Knox with heavy artillery captured from Fort Ticonderoga. When the Charles River froze over Washington was eager to cross and storm Boston but General Gates and others were opposed to untrained militia striking well garrisoned fortifications Washington reluctantly agreed to secure Dorchester Heights 100 feet above Boston in an attempt to force the British out of the city. On March 9 under cover of darkness Washington's troops brought up Knox's big guns and bombarded British ships in Boston harbor by March 17 9,000 British troops and Loyalists began a chaotic 10-day evacuation of Boston aboard 120 ships Soon after Washington entered the city with 500 men with strict orders not to plunder the city He ordered vaccinations against smallpox to great effect as he did later in Morristown New Jersey. He refrained from exerting military authority in Boston leaving civilian matters in the hands of local authorities.[j]. Jared Ingersoll Pennsylvania 1 Yes strong unicameral legislatures Main article: Culture of Washington D.C, The Blodget Hotel which housed the US Patent Office; spared during the burning of Washington in 1814 the Patent Office later burned in 1836.
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