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  1. Overview: United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65
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  3. Committee:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1864-05-24 12:00:00
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United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65

An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.

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The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress

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Session 3700: 1864-05-24 12:00:00

Mr. Dawes from the Committee of Elections submits another Report on the Dakota Contested Election and Resolution on the Dakota Contested Election; the House lays them on the table and prints them.

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Second Resolution on the Dakota Contested Election

Shown with amendment 'Second Resolution on the Dakota Contested Election: Mr Broomall's Amendment' (e897112)

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Resolved, That the election in the Territory of Dakota for delegate was attended with so much illegality and fraud, that neither William Jayne nor J. B. S. Todd is not entitled to a seat in this house as such delegate, and the seat of the delegated from thate Territory is declared vacant.of Dakota in the thirty-eighth Congress.

Resolved, That J. B. S. Todd is entitled to a seat in this House as a delegate from the Territory of Dakota in the 38th Congress.

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