Excerpt from Dictionary of the United States Congress: Containing Biographical Sketches of Its Members From the Foundation of the Government; With an Appendix, Compiled as a Manual of Reference for the Legislator and Statesman After the idea of a permanent Union had been executed in part by the adop tion of the Articles of Confederation, the question presented itself of fixing a seat of government, and this immediately called forth intense interest and ri valry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.