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Definition of Delegates

1. delegate [v] - See also: delegate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Delegates

Literary usage of Delegates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States : a by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, John Church Hamilton (1869)
"Iff solved, If the Honorable the Senate concur, That the delegates of this State in the Congress of the United States in America be, and they are hereby ..."

2. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"Such delegates shall possess the qualifications of such electors; and the aforesaid convention shall consist of one hundred and seven delegates, ..."

3. Democracy and the Organization of Political Parties by Moisei Ostrogorski, Frederick Clarke (1922)
"The Machine can, as we have seen, turn out delegates disturbing the “harmony” without using physical force: by getting a sufficient number of delegates ..."

4. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1898)
"The convention of delegates called for the purpose of selecting ... The following call for the convention of delegates was read as published in the ..."

5. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1893)
"Be it enacted by the General assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia that there shall be annually chosen five delegates to act the part of this ..."

6. John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet by John Sherman (1895)
"It was settled early in the year that a large majority of the delegates from Ohio would support me for President, and several weeks before the convention ..."

7. Maryland Historical Magazine by Maryland Historical Society (1909)
"Mercer did not come to the House of delegates, but Martin appeared and made a ... Of the speeches made by the three delegates who signed the Constitution, ..."

8. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1922)
"A few of the delegates wished to disband the Alliance; a few others desired to change the character of its objects, but by an overwhelming majority it was ..."

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