Republic of Newfoundland
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Republic of Newfoundland | |||||||||
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| 1822–1856 | |||||||||
.svg) Flag
.svg) Great Seal
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| Motto: "Venimus, et vicit" (Latin) "We went and won" | |||||||||
National march: Hell on the Wabash | |||||||||
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| Status | Protectorate of the United States | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic | ||||||||
| Consul | |||||||||
• 1822-1832 | Richard Dickson | ||||||||
• 1832-1846 | Alexander Dickson | ||||||||
• 1846-1851 | Joshua Dickson | ||||||||
• 1851-1856 | Richard Dickson | ||||||||
| Prime Minister | |||||||||
• 1822-1826 | Jacob Clark (first) | ||||||||
• 1852-1856 | Johnson Clark (last) | ||||||||
| Legislature | Congress | ||||||||
| Senate | |||||||||
| House of Representatives | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Newfoundland ceded to United States | 1820 | ||||||||
• Established | 1822 | ||||||||
| 1854 | |||||||||
| 1856 | |||||||||
• Disestablished | 1856 | ||||||||
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• Total | Template:Convinfobox | ||||||||
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The Republic of Newfoundland was a United States protectorate on Newfoundland after it's capture by Major General Horatio Dickson.