On the record
Quotes from current and former U.S. state governors.
Current governors
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KY-D
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DE-D
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OH-R
AK-R
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MT-R
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AZ-D
NY-D
IN-R
AR-R
WA-D
AL-R
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CA-D
MO-R
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CO-D
IL-D
RI-D
MS-R
IA-R
VT-R
PA-D
OK-R
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MN-D
MI-D
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VA-RFormer governors
It is hereby ordered that the order of May 10, 1877, setting apart as a reservation for the Northwestern Shoshone Indians of Nevada...be, and the same is hereby, canceled and the said lands are restored to their original status.
In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 3d of June last, requesting a copy of correspondence between this Government and that of Her Britannic Majesty in regard to inviting other maritime powers to accede to the three rules of…
In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 17th of June last, requesting the Commissioner of Agriculture to send to the Senate certain reports on sheep husbandry, copies of the same, with accompanying papers, received from the…
It is hereby ordered that all the public lands embraced within the following boundaries...be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from sale and set apart for the use of the Pima and Maricopa Indians, in addition to their present reservation…
To the House of Representatives:In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th of December last, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with its accompanying papers.
For fully twenty years previous to 1877 the shipment of gold was constant and heavy.
The external commerce of the United States has for many years been the subject of solicitude because of the outward drain of the precious metals it has caused.
A return to excessive imports or to a material decline in export trade would render possible a return to the former condition of adverse balances.
The agencies through which this change has been effected must be maintained and strengthened if the future is to be made secure.
The importation of manufactured goods was at the same time reduced in an equal degree.
The laws have now directed a resumption of financial equality with other nations, and have ordered a return to the basis of coin values.
They are transmitted with the assurance that any measures that may be enacted in furtherance of these important interests will meet with my cordial approval.
If we have equal commercial facilities, we need not fear competition anywhere.
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with its accompanying papers.
To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, together with the copies of papers therein referred to, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 27th of May last.
To the Senate of the United States: I transmit, for the consideration of the Senate with a view to ratification, a declaration respecting trade-marks between the United States and Brazil, concluded and signed at Rio de Janeiro on the 24th…
To the Senate of the United States: I transmit, for the consideration of the Senate with a view to ratification, a convention revising certain portions of existing commercial treaties and further extending commercial intercourse between…
Our heartfelt gratitude is due to the Divine Being who holds in His hands the destinies of nations for the continued bestowal during the last year of countless blessings upon our country.
