Just before the first of the year, a congressman asked the president if he still planned to sign the Emancipation Proclamation.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

As a congressman and a senator, he had voted against every attempt to give more power to the federal government.

VOA: special.2009.01.29

Congressman James Blaine seemed to have the best chance of winning the Republican presidential nomination in eighteen seventy-six.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

So,Republican Congressman William McKinley of Ohio proposed a new tariff bill -- one that would raise import taxes higher than ever before.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

A Virginia congressman, Roger Pryor, was visiting Fort Johnson when the order to fire was given.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

So,Sunday evening, a Republican congressman visited the top Democrat of the North, Senator Stephen Douglas.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

The congressman charged that President Van Buren wore silk clothing, and even put French perfume on his body to make him smell sweet as a flower.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

The Democratic Party, for the second time, nominated Congressman William Jennings Bryan as president.

VOA: special.2010.07.29

With those words, William Jennings Bryan won the nomination away from Congressman Bland.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

Ben Affleck plays a congressman whose assistant -- and lover -- is killed.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

A young congressman from Nebraska spoke in opposition to the president's position.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

He was arrested. The former congressman was taken before a military court.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

One important Copperhead was a former congressman from Ohio, Clement Vallandigham.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

The congressman charged that the White House had become a palace.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

So the lobbyist can easily get a meeting with that congressman.

VOA: special.2010.09.27

The last to speak was Congressman William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

In a letter to Congressman McKinley, Blaine said the bill would anger the farmers by adding as much as eight percent to the price of shoes for their children.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

Now,Senator Lincoln faces Republican congressman John Boozman in the general election.

VOA: special.2010.06.12

A congressman from Massachusetts opened the case for the radicals.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

No other congressman spoke as well as William Jennings Bryan.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

The congressman,George Ashmun, urged Douglas to forget party politics.

VOA: special.2009.08.13

A congressman from Vermont, Justin Smith Morrill,wrote the legislation.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

He had served as a congressman and senator.

VOA: special.2009.04.16

The chief Copperhead was a former Ohio congressman.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

The congressman later apologized for his apology.

VOA: special.2010.06.19