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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First day of House business; Representatives elect present credentials and are sworn in; Schuyler Colfax elected speaker.
Resolved, That the names of John A. J. Creswell, Edwin H. Webster, Henry Winter Davis, Francis Thomas, and Benjamin G. Harris be placed on the roll of this House as Representatives from Maryland.