E
Election, of executive.
See [Executive, national, election of].
Of Representatives.
See [Legislature, national, House of Representatives, election of].
Of Senators.
See [Legislature, national, Senate, election of].
Electors.
See [ Executive, national, election of].
Ellsworth, Oliver, Conn., attends convention, i., [5];
Pierce's sketch of, [120], n.;
opposes ratification by conventions, [189];
favors one-year term for Representatives, [207];
favors payment of Representatives by states, [209];
favors payment of Senators by states, [245];
favors election of Senators by legislatures, [234];
favors equal state representation in Senate, [269], [275], [285];
on committee on compromise on representation, [292];
favors compromise on representation, [301];
opposes increase in representation, [325];
favors free inhabitants and three-fifths of slaves as basis of taxation, [343];
favors representation by free inhabitants and three-fifths slaves, [344];
opposes adjustment of taxation and representation after census, [349];
insists upon state equality in Senate, [363];
moves election of executive by electors appointed by legislatures, ii., [7];
favors six years' term for executive, [9];
moves increase in electors of New Hampshire and Georgia, [10];
favors inclusion of judiciary in revisionary power, [18];
favors appointment of judges by Senate with power negative of appointment by executive, [27];
favors ratification of constitution by state legislatures, [31], [34];
favors voting per capita in Senate, [37];
favors re-eligibility of executive, [42];
on committee to report constitution, [48];
moves election of executive by legislature and re-election by electors named by state legislatures, [48];
opposes election of executive by the people, [51];
opposes disqualification of public debtors from legislature, [65];
thinks time of meeting of legislature ought to be fixed, [93];
thinks legislature ought to meet in winter, [95];
thinks question of suffrage should be left to states, [96];
thinks suffrage should be liberal, [97];
thinks Representatives should reside in their states, [108];
moves that Representatives be residents of their states for a year, [109];
thinks ratio of Representatives to inhabitants may change, [112];
thinks originating money bills in House unimportant, [116], [118];
thinks state executives should fill vacancies in Senate, [117];
opposes fourteen years' citizenship for Senators, [121];
thinks property qualification for members of government should not be fixed, [130], [131];
thinks number for quorum should not be small, [134];
thinks no provision necessary for yeas and nays, [136];
thinks provision for journal unnecessary, [138];
favors ineligibility of members of legislature to other offices, [165];
favors national compensation for members of legislature, [166];
thinks members of legislature may fix their pay, [169];
moves $5 per day as payment for legislature, [169];
urges necessity of reaching a decision, [175];
thinks exports should not be taxed, [179];
opposes power to emit bills of credit, [182];
moves to enlarge power over piracies, felonies, etc., [186];
thinks executive should have power to suppress rebellion in a state, [186];
defines power of making war and peace, [188];
thinks state debts may be assumed by nation, [192];
urges consideration of President's council, [193];
thinks states should have partial control over militia, [195], [197];
thinks power of taxation includes sumptuary power, [202];
thinks treason sufficiently defined, [203], [205], [207];
moves census in three years, [208];
moves report on state debts lie on table, [210];
thinks adjustment of debts necessary, [211];
thinks taxation by representation unjust, [211];
thinks states may tax exports, [213];
thinks an embargo permissible, [215];
thinks slave trade a question for the states, [218], [220];
favors accepting constitution as it stands, [225];
thinks prohibition of ex post facto laws unnecessary, [227];
thinks requirement of fulfilment of old government's engagements unnecessary, [229];
favors national power to train militia, [230];
proposes mixed control of militia, [231];
opposes national negative of state laws, [237].
Emancipation.
See [Slavery].
Embargo, power to lay, debated, ii., [214], [215];
by states, debated, [264].
Executive council, proposed, i., [68];
debated, ii., [193], [331], [332].
Executive, national, debate on, i., [49];
provisions reconsidered, ii., [7];
referred to committee on detail, [56];
vote on, [59].
Age, nativity, and residence of, agreed to, ii., [336].
Compensation of, Franklin proposes no salary, i., [57], ii., [381];
mode of payment, [16].
Correspondence of, with states, debated, ii., [248].
Election of, proposed by district electors, i., [55], [56];
by national legislature for seven years, proposed, [57];
mode of, reconsidered, [53], [101], [107], [108], ii., [44], [46], [47], [48], [52], [53];
by state conventions, proposed, i., [109];
by national legislature, [374], [378], [379], ii., [40], [42], [55], [242];
by electors chosen by state legislatures, i., [377], ii., [8];
ratio of electors considered, [10];
electors not to be officials, [16];
by electors, debated, [38], [39], [297], [301], [307], [310], [322];
term of electors debated, [47];
re-election of electors considered, [52];
regulations as to age and residence debated, [226];
by states, proposed, [244];
by electors, defeated, [245];
when to take place, proposed, [290];
to be at seat of government, proposed, [317];
how vote is to be counted, debated, [317];
to fill vacancy, considered, [381];
verbal amendment of clause, [383].
Eligibility of, to re-election, debated, i., [67], [378], [383], ii., [1], [8], [40], [42].
Exclusion from, of those indebted to government, considered, ii., [61].
Foreign ambassadors to be received by, ii., [254].
Impeachability of, agreed to, i., [65];
method of, debated, [385], [386], ii., [11], [15], [16], [335], [337];
moved to postpone question, [15];
House to have power of, [116].
Militia to be commanded by, when in active service, ii., [255].
Native citizens only to be eligible, ii., [299].
Negative of, on national legislation, debated, i., [54], [69], [74], [385], ii., [174], [175], [361];
qualified, agreed to, i., [75], ii., [25];
inclusion of judiciary in, proposed, i., [75];
absolute, debated, ii., [12];
ten days allowed for, [176];
agreed to, [176];
moved to extend to resolutions, [176].
Oath of, prescribed, ii., [256].
Power of, debated, i., [52], [53], [58], [91], [378], ii., [17], [46], [254], [299];
to make appointments, i., [379], ii., [246], [328], [329], [334], [383];
to revise legislation, [17], [25], [246];
to pardon criminals, [254], [381];
to make treaties, [327], [329];
to demand opinions of heads of departments, [330];
to convene either house of legislature, [338].
Removability of, on request of state legislatures, debated, i., [62], [65];
question postponed, ii., [256], [299];
debated, [299].
Single, proposed, i., [51], [65], [69];
agreed to, [374], ii., [242];
debate on, [41].
Succession in, debated and postponed, ii., [256].
Term of, debated, i., [54], [155], [379], ii., [9], [42], [58], [59], [80];
seven years', proposed, i., [54], [378], [383], ii., [9], [316];
during good behavior, proposed, i., [382];
six years', proposed, ii., [9], [316];
six years in twelve, proposed, [56].
Expenditures of government, moved that an account of be published, ii., [376], [377].
Expenses of convention, provision for, ii., [303], [306].
Exports, tax on, debated, ii., [177], [213], [254];
state power to tax, debated, [266], [364].
Ex post facto laws.
See [Legislature, national, power of.]
Expulsion from legislature.
See [Legislature, national, expulsion from].