Compilation of Senate Election Cases from 1789 to 1885 (3rd ed.)

COMPILATION OF SENATE ELECTION CASES FROM 1789 TO 1885, George S. Taft, CONTINUED TO MARCH 3, 1893 by George P. Furber, CONTINUED TO MARCH 3, 1903 by George M. Buck, hardcover (no dust jacket), stated third edition, 1903. BOOK CONDITION: good. The text block is in near fine condition, with no tears, dog-ears, or marks. Pages are age-toned. Not a remainder nor public library book. No signature but the name of a prior owner is printed on a label affixed inside the front cover, with the additional notation “case” and “shelf” but nothing else written or printed. The first free endpaper has a small torn spot. Good binding but for a portion just barely beginning to tear between the first pastedown and the first free endpaper. The dark blue boards are in fairly good condition (bumped corners and spine, edgewear, and some spotting on the covers). 9 ¼ x 6 ¼, 993 pages, 52 ounces. XX [From the preface] This volume contains not only contested cases, strictly speaking, but all cases in which the right to a seat of any person, who has presented credentials has been questioned in such a manner that the Senate has deemed proper to investigate or to discuss the question. The general plan in making up the cases has been to give the reports of committees, majority and minority, in all cases in which there were reports; transcripts from the journals of the proceedings of the Senate relating to them; and inserted references to the debates of each day.…