投票州

excited states───激发态（excitedstate的名词复数）

Boston states───波士顿州

United States───美国

border states───诸边沿州，边境诸州，边界州，交界南部诸州（美国南北战争前的诸合法蓄奴州）

failed states───失败的状态

ground states───n.[物]基态

steady states───[物]定态；恒稳态

That means that all states voted, selecting their presidents on the same day.───就有关俄勒冈的投票表决，赞成与反对的票数非常接近，该法案之所以能够在参议院获得通过，仅仅因为有两位来自实行奴隶制州的参议员投了赞成票，他们是密苏里州的联邦参议员托马斯.本顿和来自德克萨斯州的联邦参议员萨姆.休斯顿。

It passed in the Senate only because two men from slave states voted for it. They were Senator Thomas Benton of Missouri and Senator Sam Houston of Texas.───其他各州也一个接一个进行了选举，形势越来越明朗，在这次选举中，哈里森将军将获得胜利。