An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.
The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress
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The Committee to Wait on the President is appointed; various Officers of the House are elected; notice is given of President Lincoln's address to Congress.
Resolved, That the several gentlemen who shall have contests for seats pending before this House shall have the privilege of the floor during such contests, with the right to speak with regard to their respective cases.