purchase of votes

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• Alaska Purchase — 1. purchase of the territory of Alaska by the U.S. from Russia in 1867 for $7,200,000. Cf. Seward s Folly. 2. the territory itself. * * * Acquisition in 1867 by the U.S. from Russia of 586,412 sq mi (1.5 million sq km) at the northwestern tip of… …   Universalium

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• Gadsden Purchase — The Gadsden Purchase (known as Venta de La Mesilla or Treaty of La Mesilla in Mexicocite news |first=Ignacio |last=Ibarra |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Land sale still thorn to Mexico: Historians say U.S. imperialism behind treaty… …   Wikipedia

• Cash-for-votes scandal — The cash for votes scandal is a scandal in which the United Progressive Alliance, the majority holding parliamentary party alliance of India led by Sonia Gandhi, allegedly bribed Indian MPs in order to survive a confidence vote on 22 July 2008.… …   Wikipedia

• broker non-votes — USA Generally, investors in stocks do their investing through brokerage accounts with intermediary entities, such as brokers and banks. The intermediaries purchase shares on behalf of their clients. When such a purchase occurs, the intermediary… …   Law dictionary

• Whip purchase — Whip Whip, n. [OE. whippe. See {Whip}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. An instrument or driving horses or other animals, or for correction, consisting usually of a lash attached to a handle, or of a handle and lash so combined as to form a flexible rod …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• election — /i lek sheuhn/, n. 1. the selection of a person or persons for office by vote. 2. a public vote upon a proposition submitted. 3. the act of electing. 4. Theol. the choice by God of individuals, as for a particular work or for favor or salvation.… …   Universalium

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• Carpetbagger — In United States history, carpetbaggers was the term southerners gave to northerners who moved to the South during Reconstruction, between 1865 and 1877. They formed a coalition with freedmen (freed slaves), and scalawags (southern whites who… …   Wikipedia

• Gilvam Borges — Gilvam Pinheiro Borges (Brasilia, August 1, 1958) is a Brazilian sociologist and politician. His father early participated in the construction of city of Brasilia, then, they return to the state of Amapá. In 1990, he becomes Federal Deputy… …   Wikipedia

• Union, Act of — I (Jan. 1, 1801) Legislative agreement uniting Great Britain and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. After the unsuccessful Irish revolt of 1798, the British prime minister, William Pitt the Younger, decided …   Universalium