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... voted on by them . To call such a convention required a two - thirds majority in both Houses of the Legislature . Many of the people of the State of Illinois , too poor to own slaves , had migrated from the south to the State for the ...
... voted on by them . To call such a convention required a two - thirds majority in both Houses of the Legislature . Many of the people of the State of Illinois , too poor to own slaves , had migrated from the south to the State for the ...
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... vote stood 4,972 in favor of amending the Constitution , so as to establish slavery , and 6,640 against so amending the Constitu- tion . There was a majority of 1,668 against slavery , which , considering how small was the population of ...
... vote stood 4,972 in favor of amending the Constitution , so as to establish slavery , and 6,640 against so amending the Constitu- tion . There was a majority of 1,668 against slavery , which , considering how small was the population of ...
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... vote of his county and the result shows that he was correct . Judge Browne received 139 1 Thomas Sloo , Sr. , acted as commissioner in 1813 to determine land claims in the ... votes in Hamilton County in 1822 , while Edward Coles 29.
... vote of his county and the result shows that he was correct . Judge Browne received 139 1 Thomas Sloo , Sr. , acted as commissioner in 1813 to determine land claims in the ... votes in Hamilton County in 1822 , while Edward Coles 29.
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... votes between Browne and Phillips which gave the election to Coles by a plurality of 50 votes.1 In this same year , 1822 , Sloo himself was elected to the Illinois Senate as a Representative of Hamilton and Jefferson counties . Shortly ...
... votes between Browne and Phillips which gave the election to Coles by a plurality of 50 votes.1 In this same year , 1822 , Sloo himself was elected to the Illinois Senate as a Representative of Hamilton and Jefferson counties . Shortly ...
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... votes either way . As is well known the one vote necessary in the House was later obtained by unseating a member opposed to calling the convention . Sloo's own position in regard to this question seems to be doubtful . Dr. Snyder states ...
... votes either way . As is well known the one vote necessary in the House was later obtained by unseating a member opposed to calling the convention . Sloo's own position in regard to this question seems to be doubtful . Dr. Snyder states ...
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