American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Texas (December 29, 1845) was the 28th State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Texas, adopted August 27, 1845), stated: <Preamble. We, the people of the Republic of Texas acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God, in permitting us to make a choice of our form of government, do, in accordance with the provisions of the Joint Resolution for annexing Texas to the United States, approved March 1, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, ordain and establish this Constitution...> 1845TX001 <Article I, Section 4. All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship God according...

Florida (March 3, 1845) was the 27th State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Florida, adopted 1838, stated: <Bill of Rights. That all men have a natural and unalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishment or mode of worship.> 1845FL001 The Constitution of the State of Florida, adopted 1885, stated: <Preamble. We, the people of the State of Florida, grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty...establish this Constitution.> 1845FL002 The Constitution of the State of...

Elihu Root (February 15, 1845-February 7, 1937) was appointed Secretary of War in President William McKinley's administration, 1899-1904; Secretary of State in President Theodore Roosevelt's administration, 1905-12; won the Nobel Peace Prize, 1912; was a U.S. Senator, 1909-15; president of the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1915; a U.S. district attorney for the southern district of New York, 1883-85; and chairman of the judiciary committee. He practiced law in New York City, acting as junior counsel for the defense in the trial of "Boss" William Tweed, and was personal counsel of Jay Gould, Chester A. Arthur, Charles A. Dana, Edward H....

New Jersey Constitution (1844): <PREAMBLE. We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and transmit the same unimpaired to succeeding generations, do ordain and establish this constitution. ARTICLE 1, SECTION 3. No person shall be deprived of the inestimable privilege of worshipping Almighty God in a manner agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; nor under any pretense whatever be compelled to attend any place of worship contrary...

Connecticut Court (1844) Jewitt v. Thomas Bank, 16 CONN. 511: <All ecclesiastical bodies are private rather than public corporations, thus they cannot access state action to compel compliance with Church regulations and discipline.> 1844CT001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1844CT001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Connecticut Court, 1844, Jewitt v. Thomas Bank, 16 CONN. 511.