When Sarah Elwell was born on 18 October 1803, in Maryland, United States, her father, Thomas Elwell, was 52 and her mother, Elizabeth Bing, was 41. She married Isaac Langford on 25 October 1822, in Knox, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Darlington, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Milton Township, Dodge, Minnesota, United States for about 5 years. She died on 17 April 1884, in Oakland, Garrett, Maryland, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Mantorville, Dodge, Minnesota, United States.
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Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
With not having a very clear statement in the Constitution about Presidents and Vice Presidents, the Twelfth Amendment was Born. Before the Electoral College could cast two votes for those that they saw fit for President. This was changed to just one electoral vote for President and one electoral vote for Vice President. With the amount of people even allowed to vote, there was no way for there to be a tie during the elections.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English: habitational name from Elwell in Dorset, from Old English hǣl ‘omen’ or hǣle ‘hale, safe’ or hǣllu ‘health, healing’ + well(a) ‘spring, stream’. The reference is probably to a spring now called the Wishing Well. Compare Halliwell .
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