Gag
rule
motion,
1837
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Archives
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Administration,
Records
of
the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
Resolution
by
Representative
John
Quincy
Adams
holding
the
gag
rule
unconstitutional,
May
26,
1836
National
Archives
and
Records
Administration,
Records
of
the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
"Petition
of
Amos
A.
Phelps
and
31
others,
citizens
of
Boston,
Mass.
for
the
rescinding
of
Res.
of
December
21,"
February
14,
1838
National
Archives
and
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Records
of
the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
John
Quincy
Adams
(1767
-
1848)
By
George
Caleb
Bingham,
ca.
1844
Courtesy
of
the
National
Portrait
Gallery,
Smithsonian
Institution
Statuary
Hall,
U.S.
Capital
The
Hall
of
the
House
of
Representatives,
now
Statuary
Hall,
was
the
location
of
John
Quincy
Adamsıs
fight
against
the
gag
rule.
Here,
on
February
21,
1848,
while
seated
at
his
desk,
"Old
Man
Eloquent"
would
suffer
a
fatal
stroke
and
die
two
days
later.
Photography
by
Carol
Highsmith
