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    was 37,718. Following concerns of too many counties, the 1891 Kentucky Constitution placed stricter limits on county creation, stipulating that a new...
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    as part of the Constitution as of December 6, 1865. Vorenberg (2001), Final Freedom, p. 232. Kocher, Greg (February 23, 2013). "Kentucky supported Lincoln's...
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    2012. Within Kentucky, Danville is called the "City of Firsts": It housed the first courthouse in Kentucky. The first Kentucky constitution was written...
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    states of Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, or Utah. Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1870, extending...
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    Suffrage Association. DuPont was born on February 24, 1869, in Louisville, Kentucky. As a young woman she joined the board of the Children's Free Hospital...
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    the Constitution that would have guaranteed slavery in states where it was already legal. President Lincoln recognized the importance of Kentucky when...
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    have the right to vote: Kentucky Section 145 Mississippi Article 12, Section 241 Ohio Article V, Section 6 The constitution of the state of Arkansas...
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    The Constitution of Pennsylvania is the supreme law within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. All acts of the General Assembly, the governor, and each governmental...
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    The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to...
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    Eugene du Simitiere. At the time, it was a conventional symbol for God’s benevolent oversight. In his original proposal to the committee, du Simitiere...
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    The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from requiring the payment of a poll...
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    in the American state of Kentucky. Biography portal Kentucky portal List portal List of Kentucky suffragists List of Kentucky women in the civil rights...
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    Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette, Marquis de La Fayette (French: [ʒilbɛʁ dy mɔtje maʁki d(ə) la fajɛt]; 6 September 1757 – 20...
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    Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the...
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  • and historically in Missouri and Tennessee), "county judge/executive" in Kentucky, and "mayor" in some counties, and "county mayor" in Hawaii and Tennessee...
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  • founded in 1881. Valley Forge: The Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Debutante Ball Charleston: The St. Cecilia Ball Lexington The Lexington...
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    residence of Alexander Scott Bullitt, one of the drafters of Kentucky's first constitution. At some point after 1865, the L&N offered local landowner Alvin...
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    original on 3 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015. "Constitution de la République Démocratique du Congo". Archived from the original on 12 August 2006...
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    of his father. Emanuele Filiberto grew up in exile since the Italian constitution at the time prohibited the male issue of the Savoy kings of Italy from...
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  • 2009. Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, issued in 2007. Fox Cities, Wisconsin, issued in 2003. Frankfort, Kentucky Year Unknown. Frankfort-Opoly (Kentucky Distilled...
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    Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. They adopted a new constitution establishing a confederation government of "sovereign and independent...
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    "Décret n° 160218 du 30 mars 2016 portant promulgation de la Constitution de la République centrafricaine" (PDF). ilo.org. "Code Pénal du 8 mai 2017" (PDF)...
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    2007. Jefferson, Thomas. "Jefferson's draft of the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798". constitution.org. Chernow, Ron (2004). Alexander Hamilton. New York:...
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  • [well-disciplined] like a corpse Phrase written by St. Ignatius of Loyola in his Constitutiones Societatis Iesu (1954) perita manus mens exculta skilled hand, cultivated...
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    Constitution specifically grants the president the power to negotiate treaties, which is what Jefferson did. Madison (the "Father of the Constitution")...
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    Klotter (1997). A new history of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. p. 180. ISBN 0813126215. In 1866, Kentucky refused to ratify the 13th Amendment...
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  • Kansas (Constitution, adopted 1958) Kentucky (adopted 2017) Louisiana (adopted 1976) Mississippi (Constitution, adopted 1954) Nebraska (Constitution and statute...
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    John C. Breckinridge (category Politicians from Lexington, Kentucky)
    1875) was an American lawyer, politician, and soldier. He represented Kentucky in both houses of Congress and became the 14th and youngest-ever vice president...
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    generally retained their initial borders once established. Only three states (Kentucky, Maine, and West Virginia) have been created directly from area belonging...
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  • Washington with two each; and Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Wisconsin with one each. For...
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