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Description and Holding Information
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Senate. Comm. on Senatorial Votes. Final report, 1858
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Thirty-seventh Legislature. Senate. No. 13. Final report of the Committee on Senatorial Votes, 1858. The report was to determine who should be
seated from a four way race in the eighth district. Numerically, the answer was obvious, but the citizenship status of the winner had been challenged.
Because of his residence, his case was all tied up in the US/Canada boundary dispute. The Committee looked at the citizenship status of anyone who had
become part of the country via a land cession or purchase, which took many pages. Ultimately, the men decided that if you had lived in the disputed
area of northern Maine, when the boundary was finally drawn and you ended up in the United States, then you were a citizen, period, so Mr. McCluskey
should be seated. A minority report disagreed with the citizenship conclusion, so, no, Mr. McCluskey was not entitled to his seat--the next vote getter
should be seated. Majority rules. (Digitized from a microfilm copy of title originally held by the Library of Congress).
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Title:
Final report of the Committee on Senatorial Votes.
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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