
Thomas Hart Benton
14 Mar 1782 – 10 Apr 1858
79 works on record
Biography
Works

Thirty years' view
1863

Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, in the Senate of the United States, February 27, 1835, on his resolution to expunge from the Senate journal the resolution condemnatory of the President, adopted by the Senate, March 28, 1834

Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the expunging resolution

Historical and legal examination of that part of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case, which declares the unconstitutionality of the Missouri Compromise Act ..

Historical and legal examination of that part of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott Case

Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the Oregon question

Mr. Benton's letter to Maj. Gen. Davis, of the state of Mississippi, declining the nomination of the nomination of the convention of that state; defending the nomination of Mr. Van Buren for the presidency; and recommending harmony, concert, and union, to the Democratic party of the United States

Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, delivered in the Senate of the United States, (in secret session,) on the mission to Panama, March 13, 1826

Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, in reply to Mr. Webster

Speech of Thomas H. Benton, of Missouri

Letter from Col. Benton to the people of Missouri

Speech delivered by Hon. Thomas Hart Benton

Eulogy delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 2d day of February, 1844, on the annunciation to that body of the death of the Hon. Alexander Porter, late a senator from Louisiana

Mr. Benton's anti-compromise speech

Mr. Benton's letter to Maj. Gen. Davis, of the state of Mississippi, declining the nomination of the convention of that state; defending the nomination of Mr. Van Buren for the presidency; and recommending harmony, concert, and union, to the Democratic part of the United States

Mr. Benton's anti-cession speech

Thirty years' view, or, A history of the working of the American government for thirty years from 1820 to 1850

Speech of Mr. Benton of Missouri on the case of McLeod

Historical and legal examination of that part of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case, which declares the unconstitutionality of the Missouri Compromise Act, and the self-extension of the Constitution to territories, carrying slavery along with it

Three speeches of the Honorable Thomas H. Benton, Senator from the State of Missouri

Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the resolution of Mr. Ewing for rescinding the Treasury order
Benton in the Ozarks
1986
Thrilling sketch of the life of Col. J.C. Fremont (United States Army)
Texas annexation bill
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 16, 18, and 20, 1844
Benton's Bentons
Discourse of Mr. Benton, of Missouri
Speech of the Hon. Thos. H. Benton
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the bill to graduate the price of the public lands
Speech of Mr. Benton of Missouri on the Oregon question delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 22, 25, & 28, 1846
Mr. Benton's letter to Maj. Gen. Davis of the state of Mississippi
Selections of editorial articles from the St. Louis enquirer
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri
Selections of editorial articles from the St. Louis Enquirer, on the subject of Oregon and Texas, as originally published in that paper in the years 1818-19
The admission of California
Some account of some of the bloody deeds of Gen. Jackson
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the bill to separate the government from the banks
Discourse of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, before the Boston Mercantile library association, on the physical geography of the country between the states of Missouri and California, with a view to show its adaptation to settlement, and to the construction of a railroad
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the bill to provide for the abolition of unnecessary duties, to relieve the people from sixteen millions of taxe[s], and to improve the condition of the agriculture, commerce, and navigation of the United States
Substance of Mr. Benton's speech on the motion for a reduction of the duty on salt
Historical and legal examination of that part of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case, which declares the unconstitutionality of the Missouri compromise act, and the self-extension of the Constitution to territories, carrying slavery along with it. --
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on his motion to strike out from the 19th and 20th sections of the Independent treasury bill
Thirty years' view ; or, A history of the working of the American government for thirty years, from 1820 to 1850
Mr. Benton's speech
Mr. Benton's speech, on the subject of the President's delay to nominate Mr. Taney, the sources of "distress", condition of the country, &c
Remarks of Mr. Benton of Missouri, on the annual expenditures of the government
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, in reply to Mr. Calhoun's report upon the subject of executive patronage
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, in the Senate of the United States, January 24th, 1833
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the introduction of a resolution on the state of the currency
California debate
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, upon the subject of the district bank charters
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the bill to abolish the duty on alum salt
Speech
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri: delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 16, 18, and 20, in secret session on the treaty for the annexation of Texas
Nebraska and Kansas
Col. Benton's great speech! to the people of Missouri
Historical and legal examination of that part of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case, which declares the unconstitutionality of the Missouri Compromise Act ...
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the bill to abolish the duty on alum salt, delivered in the Senate, February 8, 1830
Removal of the deposites
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the Mexican War, delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 24, 1847
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the bill to separate the government from the banks, delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 14, 1838
Speech of Hon. Thomas Hart Benton, of Missouri, on his motion to postpone the operation of the Bankrupt Act, delivered in the United States Senate, December 27, 1841
Speech of Hon. Thomas H. Benton, of Missouri, on the cabinet plan for a federal exchequer
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the tariff, delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 25, 1844
To the democracy of Missouri
Thirty years' view, or, A history of the working of the American government for thirty years, from 1820 to 1850
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on his motion to expunge from the journal the sentence pronounced against President Jackson for violating the laws and Constitution
Poems of religion and society ...
Historical and legal examination of that part of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott case which declares the unconstitutionality of the Missouri Compromise Act and the self-extension of the Constitution to territories, carrying slavery along with it
Speech of Mr. Benton of Missouri, on the permanent prospective pre-emption bill
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the alteration of the boundary between Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods
Highway from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean
The Mexican treaty
Reports of the majority and minority of the select committee on the origin and character of fishing bounties and allowances
Speech delivered by Hon. Thomas Hart Benton at Jefferson, the capitol of Missouri, on the 26th May, 1849
Discourse of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, before the Maryland Institute, on the physical geography of the country between Missouri and California, with a view to show its adaptation to settlement, and the construction of a railroad
Mr. Benton's speeches on the public lands
Speech of Mr. Benton of Missouri, on the repeal of the salt tax
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, on the case of McLeod