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Members on the part of the House are appointed to the Joint Committee.

The credentials of James M. Johnson and a resolution to make the admission of rebellious states conditional on their acceptance of constitutional amendment are received by the Joint Committee.

The credentials of B. Johnson Barbour are received by the Joint Committee.

Members on the part of the Senate are appointed to the Joint Committee; the credentials of G. H. Kyle and the certification of election for H. C. Warmoth are received by the Joint Committee.

The Joint Committee meets; William Blair Lloyd is appointed Clerk; a Sub-Committee is appointed to wait on the President and ask him to defer action on reconstruction until after the report of the Joint Committee.

The Joint Committee meets; H. Res. 31 is received; the Joint Committee resolves to keep proceedings secret; the Sub-Committee to wait on the President reports; Mr. Stevens proposes a constitutional amendment on represenation, which is debated and amended.

Resolutions on Congress' role in former Confederate States and resolutions endorsing the President's annual message and denying the right to secede are referred to the Joint Committee.

Resolution to not exclude members of Congress from rebellious States is received by the Joint Committee.

The Joint Committee meets; the credentials of James Farrow and John D. Kennedy are received from the House; Mr. Stevens' joint resolution is further considered and amended; Sub-Committees are created; the Sub-Committee on the Apportionment of Representation and Constitutional Amendment is appointed; all propositions are referred to the appropriate Sub-Committee.

The Joint Committee meets; members are appointed to the separate Sub-Committees on the rebellious States.

The credentials of William Byers, a memorial on the members-elect from Arkansas, and a resolution to amend the Constitution to make representation conditional on Black civil rights are received by the Joint Committee and referred to the appropriate Sub-Committees.

The Joint Committee meets; the Sub-committee on Apportionment of Representation and Constitutional Amendment report three propositions; the propositions are divided and the Joint Committee agree to report Article B to the House and Senate as S. Res. 22 and H. Res. 51; leave is granted to submit a minority report.

A resolution to admit members-elect from rebellious States immediately is received by the Joint Committee.

The Joint Committee meets; S. Res. 23 is received; Article C of the Sub-Committee report is considered and referred to the Sub-Committee on the Powers of Congress, which is created and appointed; the injunction of secrecy is partially removed.

The Joint Committee meets; a Resolution inquiring into the possibility of requiring disloyal citizens to contribute to the cost of standing armies is received; Article C is reported from the Sub-Committee on the Powers of Congress and further considered and amended.

S. 106 is received by the Joint Committee.

The Joint Committee meets; H. Res. 51 is recommitted; H. Res. 51 is considered, amended, and returned to the House with a recommendation that it pass.

The Joint Committee meets; Article C is considered and postponed; Mr. Howard submits a proposition of constitutional amendment.

The credentials of six members-elect from Alabama and S. Res. 24 are received by the Joint Committee.

The Joint Committee meets; Article C is further considered and reported to the House and Senate as S. Res. 30 and H. Res. 63.

H. Res. 63 is recommitted to the Joint Committee.

H. Res. 63 is returned to the House.

S. Res. 40 is received by the Joint Committee.

H. Res. 89 is received by the Joint Committee.

S. Res. 48 is received by the Joint Committee.

Resolutions to protect the freedmen in the reorganized rebel States are received by the Joint Committee.

S. Res. 62, submitted as a substitute for S. Res. 48, is received by the Joint Committee.

H. Res. 109 and H. Res. 110 are received by the Joint Committee.

The Joint Committee meets; Mr. Stevens introduces a plan of reconstruction; the plan is divided and the proposition of constitutional amendment is considered by sections.

The Joint Committee meets; the plan of reconstruction is further divided; the bill to provide for the restoration to the States lately in insurrection of their full political rights (part of the divided plan) is considered.

The Joint Committee meets; the bill to provide for the restoration to the States lately in insurrection of their full political rights is further considered; it is decided to report the Joint Resolution and Bill to the House and the Senate; Mr. Bingham submits a section stricken out of the constitutional amendment adopted by the Committee as a separate proposition; the motion to report is reconsidered.

The Joint Committee meets; S. Res. 76 is received; the Constitutional Amendment is reconsidered and amended; the portion relating to certain persons to be excluded from office be considered as a separate bill to declare certain persons ineligible to office; the Joint Resolution and the two bills (the result of the original Plan of Reconstruction) are reported to the Senate and House as S. Res. 78/H. Res. 127, S. 292/H. R. 543, and S. 293/H. R. 544; leave is granted to submit a minority report; the injunction of secrecy is partially removed.

The Joint Committee meets; the report of the Chairman on H. Res. 127 [S. Res. 78], H. R. 543 [S. 292], and H. R. 544 [S. 293] is laid before the Committee, adopted, and ordered to be reported to the House and Senate.

New appointments to the committee membership are made in the House

H. R. 543 is recommitted; Mr. Stevens presents a resolution on reconstruction

S. 564 is referred to the Joint Committee