Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen; (1904) (14757102916)

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Title: Connecticut as a colony and as a state; or, One of the original thirteen;
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Morgan, Forrest, 1852- ed Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917 Trumbull, Jonathan, 1844-1919 Holmes, Frank R Bartlett, Ellen Strong
Subjects: Connecticut -- History
Publisher: Hartford, The Publishing Society of Connecticut
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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of impending Federal-ist dissolution; but Connecticut still remained stanch in herold allegiance. Her third Electoral College had for mem-bers Oliver Wolcott, Jonathan Trumbull, Jeremiah Wads-worth, Heman Swift, Elizur Goodrich, William Hart, EliasPerkins, Jesse Root, and Jonathan Sturges. These cast theirvote for John Adams for President;* but their ballots weredivided for Vice-President. The regular Federalist nominee,Thomas Pinckney, received four, and John Jay five votes.There were eleven votes cast for Oliver Ellsworth, NewHampshire throwing six, Rhode Island four, and Massachu-setts one. There have been a number of fisticuff and pugilistic *At this time the ballots were not specifically marked forPresident and Vice-President, the one who had the highestnumber being President—which produced the Jefferson-BurrImbroglio in 1800, there being a tie. But it was understoodin voting which candidate was designed to have each office,so that the expression in the text is legitimate. 320
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(Koo l^u^c^y^ CONNECTICUT AFTER THE REVOLUTION encounters in the halls of Congress; in the first breach ofdecorum a Connecticut legislator took an important part. Tothe sixth Congress Vermont sent as representative MatthewLyon, a native of Ireland. He had founded a town, and wasengaged in manufacturing and newspaper interests. Lyon inhis maiden speech avowed his Anti-Federalist principles, andposed as a leader of the democracy, much to the disgust of hisown partisans. During the early part of the session, he madedisparaging and insulting remarks about the Connecticutmembers, asserting that they misrepresented their constitu-ency. He admitted his acquaintance with people of thatState, and remarked that he knew they fought well, as he hadproven it to his personal satisfaction by encounters with themon their visits to relatives residing in the State he represented.This statement brought forth from Roger Griswold, one ofConnecticuts delegation, the jocular remark, Did you fightthem with y