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The House of Representatives
The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal rights, both civil and legal, to Black Americans, including those who had been emancipated by the thirteenth amendment.
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Membership (199 members):
- John Bidwell ( California Delegation ) Visualize
- William Higby ( California Delegation ) Visualize
- Donald C. McRuer ( California Delegation ) Visualize
- Augustus Brandegee ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry C. Deming ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- John H. Hubbard ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel L. Warner ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- John A. Nicholson ( Delaware Delegation ) Visualize
- Jehu Baker ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry P. H. Bromwell ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Burton C. Cook ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Shelby M. Cullom ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- John F. Farnsworth ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Abner C. Harding ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Ebon C. Ingersoll ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Andrew J. Kuykendall ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel S. Marshall ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel W. Moulton ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Lewis W. Ross ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Anthony Thornton ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Elihu B. Washburne ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- John Wentworth ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Schuyler Colfax ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Joseph H. Defrees ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Ebenezer Dumont ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- John H. Farquhar ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Ralph Hill ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- George W. Julian ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Michael C. Kerr ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- William E. Niblack ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Godlove S. Orth ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas N. Stilwell ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Daniel W. Voorhees ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry D. Washburn ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- William B. Allison ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- Josiah B. Grinnell ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- Asahel W. Hubbard ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- John A. Kasson ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- Hiram Price ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- James F. Wilson ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- Sidney Clarke ( Kansas Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry Grider ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Aaron Harding ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Elijah Hise ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel McKee ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- William H. Randall ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Burwell C. Ritter ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Lovell H. Rousseau ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- George S. Shanklin ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Green C. Smith ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Lawrence S. Trimble ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Andrew H. Ward ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- James G. Blaine ( Maine Delegation ) Visualize
- John Lynch ( Maine Delegation ) Visualize
- Sidney Perham ( Maine Delegation ) Visualize
- Frederick A. Pike ( Maine Delegation ) Visualize
- John H. Rice ( Maine Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin G. Harris ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Hiram McCullough ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles E. Phelps ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Francis Thomas ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- John L. Thomas, Jr. ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- John B. Alley ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Oakes Ames ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- John D. Baldwin ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Nathaniel P. Banks ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- George S. Boutwell ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry L. Dawes ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas D. Eliot ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel Hooper ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Alexander H. Rice ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- William B. Washburn ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Fernando C. Beaman ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- John F. Driggs ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas W. Ferry ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- John W. Longyear ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- Rowland E. Trowbridge ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles Upson ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- Ignatius L. Donnelly ( Minnesota Delegation ) Visualize
- William Windom ( Minnesota Delegation ) Visualize
- George W. Anderson ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- John F. Benjamin ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry T. Blow ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- John Hogan ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- John R. Kelso ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin F. Loan ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- Joseph W. McClurg ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas E. Noell ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- Robert T. Van Horn ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- Turner M. Marquette ( Nebraska Delegation ) Visualize
- Delos R. Ashley ( Nevada Delegation ) Visualize
- Gilman Marston ( New Hampshire Delegation ) Visualize
- James W. Patterson ( New Hampshire Delegation ) Visualize
- Edward H. Rollins ( New Hampshire Delegation ) Visualize
- William A. Newell ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- Andrew J. Rogers ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles Sitgreaves ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- John F. Starr ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- Edwin R. V. Wright ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- Teunis G. Bergen ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- James Brooks ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John W. Chanler ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Roscoe Conkling ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- William A. Darling ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas T. Davis ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- William E. Dodge ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles Goodyear ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John Augustus Griswold ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Robert S. Hale ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Roswell Hart ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Sidney T. Holmes ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Giles W. Hotchkiss ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Demas Hubbard Jr. ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Edwin N. Hubbell ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Calvin T. Hulburd ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- James Humphrey ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- James M. Humphrey ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John W. Hunter ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Morgan Jones ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John H. Ketcham ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Addison H. Laflin ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- James M. Marvin ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Daniel Morris ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Theodore M. Pomeroy ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- William Radford ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry J. Raymond ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Stephen Taber ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Nelson Taylor ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry H. Van Aernam ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Burt Van Horn ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Hamilton Ward Sr. ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles H. Winfield ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- James M. Ashley ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- John A. Bingham ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Ralph P. Buckland ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Hezekiah S. Bundy ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Reader W. Clarke ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Columbus Delano ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Ephraim R. Eckley ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin Eggleston ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- William E. Finck ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- James A. Garfield ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Rutherford B. Hayes ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- James R. Hubbell ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- William Lawrence ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Francis C. Le Blond ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Tobias A. Plants ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Robert C. Schenck ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel Shellabarger ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Rufus P. Spalding ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Martin Welker ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- James H. D. Henderson ( Oregon Delegation ) Visualize
- Sydenham E. Ancona ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Abraham A. Barker ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin M. Boyer ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- John M. Broomall ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Alexander H. Coffroth ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles V. Culver ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- John L. Dawson ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles Denison ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Adam J. Glossbrenner ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Philip Johnson ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- William D. Kelley ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- William H. Koontz ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- George V. Lawrence ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Ulysses Mercur ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- George F. Miller ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- James K. Moorhead ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Leonard Myers ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles O'Neill ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel J. Randall ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Glenni W. Scofield ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
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- Myer Strouse ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- M. Russell Thayer ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas Williams ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Stephen F. Wilson ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Nathan F. Dixon ( Rhode Island Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas Jenckes ( Rhode Island Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel M. Arnell ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- William B. Campbell ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- Edmund Cooper ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- Isaac R. Hawkins ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- John W. Leftwich ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- Horace Maynard ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- William B. Stokes ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- Nathaniel G. Taylor ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- Portus Baxter ( Vermont Delegation ) Visualize
- Justin S. Morrill ( Vermont Delegation ) Visualize
- Frederick E. Woodbridge ( Vermont Delegation ) Visualize
- Chester D. Hubbard ( West Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- George R. Latham ( West Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- Kellian Whaley ( West Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- Amasa Cobb ( Wisconsin Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles A. Eldredge ( Wisconsin Delegation ) Visualize
- Walter D. McIndoe ( Wisconsin Delegation ) Visualize
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Sessions (153)
The House is called to order and organizes itself; a resolution is proposed creating a Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction.
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Papers on contested elections in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New York are presented; E.D Holbrook from Idaho and Francis Thomas from Maryland enter the House; H. R. 1 is introduced and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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Rev. Boynton enters his duties as Chaplain; Lovell H. Rousseau from Kentucky enters the House; H. Res. 8 and H. Res. 9 are proposed and referred
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Daniel Voorhees from Indiana enters the House; standing and select committees are appointed
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Credentials from those claiming seats in Tennessee are referred to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction
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The Senate amendments to the resolution for the appointment of a Joint Committee on Reconstruction are concurred in
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The members of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction are appointed; resolutions are offered in memory of Senator Jacob Collamer and the House adjourns to show respect
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Benjamin G. Harris, Samuel McLean, and William H. Hooper take their oaths and enter the House; the credentials of James M. Johnson of Arkansas are presented and referred to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction; the Committee on the Judiciary reports back H. R. 1 with an amendment
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Credentials from Louisiana are presented; H. Res. 9 is reported back from the Committee of the Judiciary
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Credentials of G. H. Kyle from Arkansas and documents on H. C. Warmoth of Louisiana are referred to the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction; the death of Orlando Kellogg is announced
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Delos R. Ashley of Nevada enters the House; the House is informed of the Senate appointments to the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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H. Res. 30 and H. R. 88 are proposed and referred to Committee on the Judiciary; H. Res. 31 is proposed and referred to Joint Committee on Reconstruction
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Mr. Broomall submits a series of resolutions referred to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction
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Mr. Finck presented the memorial of Charles Follett; Morgan Jones from New York is sworn into the House; Mr. Noell's resolution, proposed on December 11, 1865, is referred to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction; the House continues to consider H. R. 1
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The Speaker lays before the house credentials for John D. Kennedy and James Farrow, which are referred to Joint Committee on Reconstruction; the House continues to consider H. R. 1
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The House continues to consider H. R. 1
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Mr. Delano presented the credentials of members-elect from the State of Arkansas; Mr. Conkling submits a resolution to be referred to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction; Mr. Orth submits joint resolution H. Res. 39; the House continues to consider H. R. 1
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Mr. Conkling presents resolutions to be referred to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction; the House continues to consider H. R. 1
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John N. Goodwin enters the House; H. Res. 43 is proposed and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; Mr. Grider submits resolutions to be referred to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction; the House continues to consider H. R. 1
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H. R. 1 is considered and passed
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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Mr. Stevens submits a resolution to have the Committee of Judiciary inquire on the enforcement of law no matter race or color; Mr. Grider submits resolutions that are referred to Joint Committee on Reconstruction; Mr. Stevens reports on H. Res. 51
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Mr. Henderson submits resolutions on secession; the House continues debate on H. Res. 51
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The House continues to consider H. Res. 51
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Mr. Fink submits a resolution for Hon. Charles Follett's election; debate on H. Res. 51 continues
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The Committee of Elections reports a resolution declaring Mr. Coffroth entitled to take the vacant seat; debate on H.Res. 51 continues.
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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The House resumes consideration of H. Res. 51
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Mr. Delano submits a resolution for William Byers, G. H. Kyle and James M. Johnson to occupy the vacant Arkansas seats; House resumes consideration of H. Res. 51
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H. Res. 51 is passed and sent to the Senate for concurrence
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The Speaker names Elihu Washburne to perform the duties of the Chair tomorrow
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A message from the Senate informs the House that S. 61 requires concurrence
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S. 61 is referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; the Committee on Elections reports on the Michigan Baldwin V. Trowbridge contested election
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Mr. Wilson moves to reconsider the vote in which referred S. 61 to the Committee on the Judiciary; Mr. Morris proposes H. R. 256
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Mr. Brooks presents the credentials of those claiming seats from the state of Alabama
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The minority report of the Committee of Elections in the Michigan Baldwin V. Trowbridge contested election is reported to the House
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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The Joint Committee on Reconstruction reports H. Res. 63
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The Michigan Baldwin V. Trowbridge contested election is resolved in Mr. Trowbridge's favor
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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The Committee of Elections reports resolutions in the Pennsylvania Coffroth V. Koontz contested election; Mr. Orth submits a resolution to instruct the Joint Committee on Reconstruction
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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Mr. McKee introduces H. Res. 70; The Committee on Elections reports on the Indiana Washburn V. Voorhees contested election; The Pennsylvania Coffroth V. Koontz contested election is resolved in Mr. Coffroth's favor
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The Committee on Elections submits the minority report on the Indiana Washburn V. Voorhees contested election
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The consideration of the Indiana Washburn V. Voorhees contested election is postponed until Friday next
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The Indiana Washburn V. Voorhees contested election is resolved in Mr. Washburn's favor
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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The Joint Committee on Reconstruction reports back H. Res. 63
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The House resumes consideration of H. Res. 63
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The House continues consideration of H. Res. 63; consideration of the joint resolution is postponed until the second Tuesday in April
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The House consider S. 61
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Mr. Baker proposes a joint resolution to amend the Constitution denying anyone who had been in the service of the confederacy a seat in American government; S. 61 continues to be considered
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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Mr. James M. Ashley submits a concurrent resolution regarding the civil rights of freedmen
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An amendment to S. 61 is proposed and ordered to be printed
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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Mr. Shellabarger submits a Resolution denying anyone who had been in the service of the confederacy a seat in American government
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S. 61 is considered and passed by the House; the Committee on the Judiciary reports back H. Res. 43; H. Res. 89 is proposed
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Mr. G. Clay Smith's resolutions from December are discussed; the House receives a message from the Senate confirming their agreement to the amendments to S. 61
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S. 61 is duly enrolled and sent to the Senate to be signed
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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Mr. James M. Ashley's resolution on the civil rights of freedmen is taken up and referred to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction; Mr. Roger's submits a resolution on the issue of rebel debt
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Motion to reconsider the vote by which the House recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary H. Res. 43 was not agreed to
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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Mr. Roger's Resolution on rebel debt is taken up
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The House mourns the death of Senator Foot from Vermont
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H. R. 437 is proposed and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; consideration of the New York Contested Election is temporarily postponed
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The House considers the Resolutions reported from the Committee on Elections on the New York Dodge V. Brooks contested election
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The House considers the Resolutions reported from the Committee on Elections on the New York Dodge V. Brooks contested election
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The House resolves the New York Dodge V. Brooks contested election in Mr. Dodge's favor; Mr. Dodge takes the oath and his seat in the House
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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S. 61 returns to the House after the Presidential veto
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Mr. Cullom and Mr. Driggs discuss their votes on the S. 61 decision from the previous day
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Mr. Ingersol makes a personal explanation regarding his actions on April 9th on S. 61
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H. Res. 109 and H. Res. 110 are proposed and referred to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction.
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Mr. Kasson submits a Resolution demanding Presidential communication on the issue of rebel debt
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The Joint Committee on Reconstruction reports H. Res. 127, H. R. 543, and H. R. 544
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The House receives a message from the President in response to the Resolution from April 25th; H. R. 543 continues to be considered
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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Mr. Boyer submits a Resolution to dissolve the Joint Committee on Reconstruction; Mr. Stevens submits a resolution limiting the length of speeches on H. Res. 127 to thirty minutes; A substitute for H. R. 437 is reported and recommitted to the Committee on the Judiciary
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The House considers H. Res. 127
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The House continues consideration of H. Res. 127; Mr. Stevens announces his intent to call the previous question to force a vote on H. Res. 127 the next day
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H. Res. 127 progresses to its third reading and is passed; it is sent to the Senate for concurrence
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The Committee of Elections reports on the Ohio Follet vs. Delano contested election
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The House takes up H. R. 543 and H. R. 544
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Mr. Dawes from the Committee on Elections announces his intent to introduce the Ohio Follet vs. Delano contested election tomorrow
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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Mr. Stevens introduces H. R. 623
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The House considers H. Res. 63; H. Res. 63 is indefinitely postponed
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Mr. Boutwell gives notice that the House is to take up H. Res. 127 on the next Wednesday
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Mr. Raymond submits a resolution on rebel debt; the House continues to consider H. R. 543
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The House moves to print the Senate amendments to H. Res. 127
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Mr. Stevens gives notice of a substitue for H. R. 623; the House considers H. Res. 127
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The credentials of Lewis Hawes of South Carolina are presented; The Committee on Enrolled Bills reports on H. Res. 127; the House continues to consider H. R. 543
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The House resolves into Committee of the Whole on consideration of the President's Annual Message
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The Committee on Enrolled Bills reports on H. Res. 127; Mr. Bingham submits a resolution on Rebel Debt; the House continues to consider H. R. 543
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The Committee of Elections report on the Contested Election of Coffroth vs Koontz
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Members from Tennessee are sworn in to the House.
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The first session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress adjourns
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Delos R. Ashley enters the House
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Charles H. Winfield enters the House
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Mr. Bingham declines to submit remarks on H. R. 543; the House resolves into Committee of the Whole to consider the President's Annual Message.
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William Radford enters the House; the House receives the President's veto of S. 1 and passes it notwithstanding
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Philip Johnson enters the House
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Ebenezer Dumont enters the House; the House continues to consider H. R. 543
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H. R. 543, and its pending amendments, are referred to the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction
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The death of Philip Johnson is announced
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The Joint Committee on Reconstruction reports H. R. 1143
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The House continues to consider the President's Annual Message in Committee of the Whole
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H. R. 1143 is enrolled
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H. R. 1143 is vetoed by the President of the United States and sent back to the House; the second session of the Thirty-Ninth Congress adjourns
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