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7817. SENATE (United States), People and.—

In the General Government, the
Senate is scarcely republican at all, as not



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illustration

Thomas Jefferson
Age unknown

Marble statue by Hiram Powers.

Bought by the United States Government in 1835 for the sum of $10,000. It stands in a
niche at the foot of the marble staircase leading to the gallery of the House of Representatives,
United States Capitol.



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elected by the people directly, and so long
secured even against those who do elect them.—
To John Taylor. Washington ed. vi, 607. Ford ed., x, 30.
(M. 1816)