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Anson Peaslee MORRILL, Congress, ME (1803-1887)
MORRILL Anson Peaslee , a Representative from Maine; born in Belgrade, Maine, June 10, 1803; attended the district schools; appointed postmaster at Dearborn, Kennebec County, Maine, and served…Edmund Needham MORRILL, Congress, KS (1834-1909)
MORRILL Edmund Needham , a Representative from Kansas; born in Westbrook, Cumberland County, Maine, February 12, 1834; attended school in his native town and was graduated from Westbrook Seminary…Lot Myrick MORRILL, Congress, ME (1813-1883)
Senate Years of Service: 1861-1869; 1869-1876 Party: Republican; Republican MORRILL Lot Myrick , a Senator from Maine; born in Belgrade, Maine, May 3, 1813; attended the district schools and…Samuel Plummer MORRILL, Congress, ME (1816-1892)
MORRILL Samuel Plummer , a Representative from Maine; born in Chesterville, Franklin County, Maine, February 11, 1816; attended the common schools and Farmington Academy, Farmington, Maine;…100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives
The following is a list of 100 milestone documents, compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration, and drawn primarily from its nationwide holdings. The documents chronicle United…Stamp Act
(Encyclopedia) Stamp Act, 1765, revenue law passed by the British Parliament during the ministry of George Grenville. The first direct tax to be levied on the American colonies, it required that all…Smith Act
(Encyclopedia) Smith Act, 1940, passed by the U.S. Congress as the Alien Registration Act of 1940. The act, which made it an offense to advocate or belong to a group that advocated the violent…Sedition Act
(Encyclopedia) Sedition Act: see Alien and Sedition Acts.Preemption Act
(Encyclopedia) Preemption Act, statute passed (1841) by the U.S. Congress in response to the demands of the Western states that squatters be allowed to preempt lands. Pioneers often settled on public…Test Act
(Encyclopedia) Test Act, 1673, English statute that excluded from public office (both military and civil) all those who refused to take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, who refused to receive…Trending
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