United States Senate Election, Expulsion, and Censure Cases, 1793-1990
Anne M. Butler , Wendy Wolff
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Length 22 h 52 min
Chapters 143
First published 1995
Article I, section 5, of the United States Constitution gives each house of Congress power to judge the elections, returns, and qualifications of its members, and to punish members for "disorderly behavior." Between 1793 and 1990, more than 200 senators faced challenges to their credentials based on their qualifications for office and alleged irregularities in their elections; or discipline for offenses ranging from public corruption, to giving aid and comfort to the Confederacy, to bringing dishonor upon the Senate in myriad other ways, or for pure political spite. As researched and written by staff of the Congressional Research Service, these are their stories. The arc of the book, each case told in chronological order, traces not only the tenor and politics of the times, but the evolution of the Senate's own thinking about what it means to be a United States Senator. - Summary by Joanne Turner.
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Introduction. I. Elections: Election laws, Senate election procedures and committees; types of election cases Read by Joanne Turner 49:22
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Introduction. II. Discipline: Procedures, laws, and committees; types of disciplinary cases Read by Joanne Turner 16:50
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Case 1. Albert Gallatin (PA) (1793-94) Read by Joanne Turner 9:22
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Case 2. Kensey Johns (DE) (1794) Read by Joanne Turner 5:16
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Case 3. Humphrey Marshall (KY) (1796) Read by Joanne Turner 6:23
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Case 4. William Blount and William Cocke (TN) (1796) Read by Joanne Turner 7:09
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Case 5. William Blount (TN) (1797) Read by Joanne Turner 7:33
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Case 6. Uriah Tracy (CT) (1801) Read by Joanne Turner 3:41
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Case 7. John Smith (OH) (1807-08) Read by Joanne Turner 11:38
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Case 8. Samuel Smith (MD) (1809) Read by Joanne Turner 6:25
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Case 9. Stanley Griswold (OH) (1809) Read by Joanne Turner 3:50
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Case 10. Timothy Pickering (MA) (1810-11) Read by Joanne Turner 7:59
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Case 11. Jesse Bledsoe (KY) (1815) Read by Joanne Turner 4:26
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Case 12. James Lanman (CT) (1825) Read by Joanne Turner 6:41
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Case 13. Ephraim Bateman (NJ) (1827-28) Read by Joanne Turner 6:05
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Case 14. Elisha R. Potter v. Asher Robbins (RI) (1833-34) Read by Joanne Turner 7:58
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Case 15. George Poindexter (MS) (1835) Read by Joanne Turner 6:41
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Case 16. Ambrose H. Sevier (AR) (1837) Read by Joanne Turner 6:11
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Case 17. John Ruggles (ME) (1838) Read by Joanne Turner 4:39
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Case 18. Benjamin Tapper (OH) 1844 Read by Joanne Turner 6:33
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Case 19. John M. Niles (CT) 1844 Read by Joanne Turner 7:01
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Case 20. John M. Clayton (DE); Spencer Jarnagin (TN); Walter T. Colquitt (GA) 1846 Read by Joanne Turner 8:49
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Case 21. James Shields (IL) 1849 Read by Joanne Turner 8:04
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Case 22. Thomas Hart Benton (MO) and Henry S. Foote (MS) 1850 Read by Joanne Turner 7:39
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Case 23. Robert C. Winthrop (MA) 1851 Read by Joanne Turner 6:00
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Case 24. David Yulee v. Stephen Mallory (FL) 1851-52 Read by Joanne Turner 7:43
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Case 25. Archibald Dixon (KY) 1852 Read by Joanne Turner 6:48
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Case 26. Samuel Phelps (VT) 1854 Read by Joanne Turner 7:02
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Case 27. Jared Williams (NH) 1854 Read by Joanne Turner 6:47
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Case 28. Lyman Trumbull (IL) 1855-56 Read by Joanne Turner 9:47
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Case 29. James Harlan (IA) 1855-57 Read by Joanne Turner 9:27
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Case 30. Henry Lane v. Jesse Bright; William McCarty v. Graham Fitch (IN) 1857-59 Read by Joanne Turner 9:27
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Case 31. Simon Cameron (PA) 1857 Read by Joanne Turner 6:38
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Case 32. James Shields (MN) 1858 Read by Joanne Turner 5:23
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Case 33. Henry Mower Rice (MN) 1858 Read by Joanne Turner 6:04
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Case 34. Clement Clay (AL); Robert Toombs (GA); Jefferson Davis & Albert Brown (MS); Stephen Mallory (FL); Judah Benjamin (LA) 1861 Read by Joanne Turner 10:04
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Case 35. Frederick Stanton v. James Lane (KS) 1861-62 Read by Joanne Turner 11:13
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Case 36. James Mason & Robert Hunter (VA); Thomas Clingman & Thomas Bragg (NC); James Chesnut, Jr. (SC); AOP Nicholson (TN); William Sebastian (AR); Charles Mitchel (AR); John Hemphill & Louis Wigfall (TX) 1861 Read by Joanne Turner 13:13
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Case 37. Waitman Willey & John Carlisle (VA) 1861 Read by Joanne Turner 7:28
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Case 38. John Breckinridge (KY) 1861 Read by Joanne Turner 6:34
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Case 39. Waldo Johnson & Trusten Polk (MO) 1861-62 Read by Joanne Turner 7:20
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Case 40. Jesse Bright (IN) 1861-62 Read by Joanne Turner 9:59
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Case 41. Benjamin Stark (OR) 1862 Read by Joanne Turner 10:52
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Case 42. Lazarus Powell (KY) 1862 Read by Joanne Turner 7:55
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Case 43. James F. Simmons (RI) 1862 Read by Joanne Turner 5:55
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Case 44. William Fishback; Elisha Baxter; William Snow (AR) 1864-66 Read by Joanne Turner 14:59
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Case 45. R. King Cutler & Charles Smith; Michael Hahn (LA) 1864-66 Read by Joanne Turner 8:42
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Case 46. Joseph Segar & John Underwood (VA) 1865 Read by Joanne Turner 8:29
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Case 47. John Stockton (NJ) 1865-66 Read by Joanne Turner 11:04
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Case 48. David Patterson (TN) 1866 Read by Joanne Turner 10:30
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Case 49. Phillip Thomas (MD) 1867-68 Read by Joanne Turner 12:15
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Case 50. John Jones & Augustus Garland; Alexander McDonald & Benjamin Rice (AR) 1868 Read by Joanne Turner 7:55
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Case 51. William Marvin v. Thomas Osborn (FL) 1868 Read by Joanne Turner 7:22
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Case 52. Richard Whiteley & Henry Farrow v. Joshua Hill & H.V.M. Miller (GA) 1868-71 Read by Joanne Turner 17:38
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Case 53. Adelbert Ames (MS) 1870 Read by Joanne Turner 10:00
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Case 54. Hiram Revels (MS) 1870 Read by Joanne Turner 6:18
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Case 55. Ossian Hart v. Abijah Gilbert (FL) 1870 Read by Joanne Turner 7:29
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Case 56. George Goldthwaite (AL) 1871-72 Read by Joanne Turner 7:24
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Case 57. Thomas Norwood v. Foster Blodgett Jr (GA) 1871 Read by Joanne Turner 13:02
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Case 58. Joseph Reynolds v. Morgan Hamilton (TX) 1871 Read by Joanne Turner 5:06
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Case 59. Joseph Abbott v. Zebulon Vance & Matt Ransom (NC) 1871-72 Read by Joanne Turner 13:24
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Case 60. Powell Clayton (AR) 1872-73 Read by Joanne Turner 11:03
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Case 61. Samuel Pomoroy & Alexander Caldwell (KS) 1872-73 Read by Joanne Turner 15:07
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Case 62. Francis Sykes v. George Spencer (AL) 1872-76 Read by Joanne Turner 13:45
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Case 63. Ray v. McMillen; McMillen, Eustis & Marr v. Pinchback; Spofford & Manning v. Kellogg (LA) 1873-80 Read by Joanne Turner 23:02
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Case 64. Credit Mobilier scandal 1873 Read by Joanne Turner 23:27
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Case 65. Lewis Bogy (MO) 1873 Read by Joanne Turner 4:57
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Case 66. David Corbin v. MC Butler (SC) 1877-79 Read by Joanne Turner 17:35
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Case 67. LQC Lamar (MS) 1877 Read by Joanne Turner 7:02
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Case 68. John Morgan (AL) 1877 Read by Joanne Turner 4:55
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Case 69. La Fayette Grover (OR) 1877-78 Read by Joanne Turner 5:34
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Case 70. Stanley Matthews (OH) 1878-79 Read by Joanne Turner 8:08
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Case 71. Charles Bell (NH) 1879 Read by Joanne Turner 9:00
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Case 72. John Ingalls (KS) 1879-80 Read by Joanne Turner 6:16
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Case 73. Elbridge Lapham & Warner Miller (NY) 1881 Read by Joanne Turner 5:43
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Case 74. Henry Blair (NH) 1885 Read by Joanne Turner 4:33
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Case 75. Henry Payne (OH) 1886 Read by Joanne Turner 9:28
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Case 76. David Turpie (IN) 1887-88 Read by Joanne Turner 6:50
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Case 77. Daniel Lucas v. Charles Faulkner (WV) 1887 Read by Joanne Turner 6:15
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Case 78. Wm Clark v. Wilbur Sanders; Martin Maginnis v. Thomas Power (MT) 1890 Read by Joanne Turner 9:03
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Case 79. Geo. Shoup, Wm McConnell & Wm Clagett v. Fred Dubois (ID) 1890-92 Read by Joanne Turner 12:16
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Case 80. Robert Davidson v. Wilkinson Call (FL) 1891-92 Read by Joanne Turner 5:15
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Case 81. Horace Chilton (TX) 1891-92 Read by Joanne Turner 7:08
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Case 82. John Allen (WA), Asahel Beckwith (WY), Lee Mantle (MT) 1893 Read by Joanne Turner 10:57
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Case 83. Joseph Ady v. John Martin (KS) 1893-95 Read by Joanne Turner 9:15
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Case 84. Henry duPont (DE) 1895-97 Read by Joanne Turner 11:48
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Case 85. Henry Corbett (OR) 1897-98 Read by Joanne Turner 9:05
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Case 86. Marcus Hanna (OH) 1898-99 Read by Joanne Turner 6:05
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Case 87. John McGraw v. Nathan Scott (WV) 1899-1900 Read by Joanne Turner 9:16
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Case 88. Matthew Quay (PA) 1899-1900 Read by Joanne Turner 6:46
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Case 89. William Clark (MT) 1899-1900 Read by Joanne Turner 8:31
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Case 90. John McLaurin & Benjamin Tillman (SC) 1902 Read by Joanne Turner 9:17
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Case 91. Reed Smoot (UT) 1903-07 Read by Joanne Turner 10:02
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Case 92. Joseph Burton (KS) 1904-06 Read by Joanne Turner 7:20
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Case 93. Charles Dietrich (SD) 1904 Read by Joanne Turner 4:33
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Case 94. John Smith (MD) 1908 Read by Joanne Turner 5:16
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Case 95. William Lorimer (IL) 1910-12 Read by Joanne Turner 13:33
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Case 96. Isaac Stephenson (WI) 1911-12 Read by Joanne Turner 10:58
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Case 97. Clarence Watson & William Chilton (WV) 1912-13 Read by Joanne Turner 5:43
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Case 98. Henry Clayton & Franklin Glass (AL) 1913-14 Read by Joanne Turner 8:05
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Case 99. William Jackson v. Blair Lee (MD) 1913-14 Read by Joanne Turner 6:53
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Case 100. William Chilton v. Howard Sutherland (WV) 1917-18 Read by Joanne Turner 7:18
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Case 101. Robert La Follette (WI) 1917-19 Read by Joanne Turner 9:15
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Case 102. Henry Ford v. Truman Newberry (MI) 1918-22 Read by Joanne Turner 12:54
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Case 103. George Peddy v. Earle Mayfield (TX) 1923-25 Read by Joanne Turner 7:35
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Case 104. Burton Wheeler (MT) 1924 Read by Joanne Turner 7:25
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Case 105. Daniel Steck v. Smith Brookhart (IA) 1925-26 Read by Joanne Turner 12:47
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Case 106. Magnus Johnson v. Thomas Schall (MN) 1925-26 Read by Joanne Turner 5:30
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Case 107. Holm Bursum v. Sam Bratton (NM) 1925-26 Read by Joanne Turner 6:08
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Case 108. Gerald Nye (ND) 1925-26 Read by Joanne Turner 7:38
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Case 109. William Wilson v. William Vare (PA) 1926-29 Read by Joanne Turner 25:41
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Case 110. Frank Smith (IL) 1926-28 Read by Joanne Turner 14:16
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Case 111. Arthur Gould (ME) 1926-27 Read by Joanne Turner 6:03
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Case 112. Hiram Bingham (CT) 1929 Read by Joanne Turner 10:03
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Case 113. Joseph Grundy (PA) 1929-30 Read by Joanne Turner 5:33
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Case 114. J. Thomas Heflin v. John Bankhead II (AL) 1931-32 Read by Joanne Turner 10:33
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Case 115. George Pritchard v. Josiah Bailey (NC) 1931-33 Read by Joanne Turner 8:14
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Case 116. Einar Hoidale v. Thomas Schall (MN) 1932-33 Read by Joanne Turner 6:52
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Case 117. Huey Long and John Overton (LA) 1932-34 Read by Joanne Turner 13:59
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Case 118. Dennis Chavez v. Bronson Cutting (NM) 1935 Read by Joanne Turner 11:52
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Case 119. Henry Hatfield v. Rush Holt (WV) 1935 Read by Joanne Turner 11:22
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Case 120. George Berry (TN) 1937 Read by Joanne Turner 6:45
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Case 121. John Neal v. A.T. Stewart (TN) 1939 Read by Joanne Turner 6:26
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Case 122. Raymond Willis v. Frederick Van Nuys (IN) 1939 Read by Joanne Turner 5:13
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Case 123. William Langer (ND) 1941-42 Read by Joanne Turner 11:35
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Case 124. Clarence Martin v. Joseph Rosier (WV) 1941 Read by Joanne Turner 10:13
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Case 125. John R. Neal v. A.T. (Tom) Stewart (TN) 1943 Read by Joanne Turner 4:26
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Case 126. Theodore G. Bilbo (MS) 1946-47 Read by Joanne Turner 14:20
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Case 127. D. John Markey v. Herbert R. O'Conor (MD) 1946-48 Read by Joanne Turner 7:17
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Case 128. Tom Sweeney v. Harley M. Kilgore (WV) 1947-49 Read by Joanne Turner 8:12
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Case 129. Frank E. Hook v. Homer Ferguson (MI) 1949 Read by Joanne Turner 7:12
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Case 130. Millard Tydings v. John Marshall Butler (MD) 1950-51 Read by Joanne Turner 9:08
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Case 131. Joseph R. McCarthy (WI) and Wm Benton (CT) 1951-53 Read by Joanne Turner 16:38
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Case 132. Patrick J. Hurley v. Dennis Chavez (NM) 1952-54 Read by Joanne Turner 17:10
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Case 133. Joseph R. McCarthy (WI) 1954 Read by Joanne Turner 12:38
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Case 134. Pierre E.G. Salinger (CA) 1964) Read by Joanne Turner 6:47
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Case 135. Thomas J. Dodd (CT) 1966-67 Read by Joanne Turner 22:18
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Case 136. Richard L. Roudebush v. R. Vance Hartke (IN) 1970-72 Read by Joanne Turner 5:39
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Case 137. John A. Durkin v. Louis C. Wyman (NH) 1974-75 Read by Joanne Turner 17:44
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Case 138. Edmond A. Edmondson v. Henry L. Bellmon (OK) 1975-76 Read by Joanne Turner 10:41
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Case 139. Herman E. Talmadge (GA) 1978-79 Read by Joanne Turner 20:16
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Case 140. Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (NJ) 1981-82 Read by Joanne Turner 13:36
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Case 141. David F. Durenberger (MN) 1988-90 Read by Joanne Turner 17:23
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