A Compleat List of the Members who Voted for and Against the Bill for Repealing the Septennial Act, and for the more frequent Meeting and Calling of Parliaments: With the Speeches of the Two Gentlemen who Moved and Seconded the Question, Mar. 13, 1733/34

(20), 12 pp. 8vo, London: Printed for J. Wilford, 1734. Removed. Fine.

The Septennial Act of 1715 extened the maximum potential length for a Parliament from 3 to 7 years. Achieving the repeal of the Act became a major political movement throughout the 18th century. The Act was amended in 1911, reducing the length to 5 years

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