...the Senate appointed a new Title Committee, which on May 9 proposed that the president be addressed as "His Highness, the President of the United States, and Protector of their Liberties."7 When the Senate moved to postpone consideration of the report, Adams launched into a "forty...

...life were used to the old colonial titles, and the United States Senate wished to address Washington as " His Highness the President of the United States and Protector of their Liberties." But the people generally, filled with ideas of the equality of men, disliked such pompous titles, and...

...over the question of the title which should be given to the president. The Senate proposed to call him "His Highness, The President of the United States and Protector of their Liberties," but the House insisted upon the simple designation "The President of the United States." The Senate...

...Constitution, forbidding titles of nobility. On the 9th of May the committee reported in favor of " His Highness, the President of the United States and Protector of their Liberties." Mr. Lee was warm in its support. He declared that all " the world, civilized and savage, called for...