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The House of Representatives - Details
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First day of House business; Representatives elect present credentials and are sworn in; Schuyler Colfax elected speaker.
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15The 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.
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2112President Lincoln's Annual Message is received, along with the Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction; they are referred to the Committee of the Whole.
234Rev. William Henry Channing is elected Chaplain of the House.
1256The newly elected Chaplain is sworn in; the Standing Committees are appointed by the Speaker; H. R. 14, H. R. 21, H. R. 24, and H. Res. 9 are first introduced and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; Mr. Fink, Mr. Harding, Mr. Wadsworth, and Mr. Holman present resolutions to the House.
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3223A Petition on the Missouri Contested Election is introduced and referred to the Committee of Elections; Mr. Stevens submits a Resolution to Create a Special Committee of Nine (the Committee on Rebellious States, to whom he proposes to refer passages from the President's address), which is passed.
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3112211Mr. Rollins submits a Resolution on the Object of the War, which is laid over under the rules; the Committee on Rebellious States is appointed.
344121141Mr. Edgerton submits a Resolution on the Protection of Domestic Institutions, which is laid on the table.
23117The House resolves itself into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union to debate the President's Annual Message.
46Mr. Rogers submits Resolutions on the Constitutional Protection of Domestic Institutions, which are laid on the table.
146Mr. Gordon N. Mott joins the House; H. R. 118 is first introduced and postponed.
25161Francis P. Blair takes the Oath of Office.
35The First Resolution on the Dakota contested election is reported by the Committee of Elections, laid on the table and printed; H. R. 24 is reported by the Committee on the Judiciary without amendment and recommitted to the same.
131421171The First Resolution on the Dakota contested election is debated and finally adopted; William Jayne joins the House.
118110Mr. Dawson submits a Resolution on External Interference with Local Laws and Institutions, which is laid on the table; the House refuses Mr. Davis unanimous consent to report H. R. 244; Mr. Harding submits a Resolution on the Maintenance Inviolate of Domestic Institutions, which is referred to the Committee on Rebellious States.
211041201Mr. Gooch is excused from membership of the Select Committee on Rebellious States; Mr. Boutwell is appointed in his place.
135Mr. McDowell submits Resolutions on the Rights of Citizens; Mr. Edgerton submits Resolutions Censuring the President's Actions; both are laid over under the rules.
22322291Mr. Blow announces the death of John W. Noell, a member elect to the present House from the State of Missouri.
134Mr. William H. Wallace of Idaho joins the House.
35Mr. Blair submits Resolutions on the Status and Rights of the Rebellious States; the House refuses to lay them on the table; they lie over under the rules.
13222191Mr. Windom submits a Joint Resolution Proposing an Emancipation Article to be Added to the Constitution, which is referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; Mr. Arnold submits a Resolution to Amend the Constitution to Abolish Slavery, which is adopted; H. R. 244 is reported from the Committee on Rebellious States and recommitted to the same.
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1152Mr. Davis moves to reconsider the vote by which H. R. 244 was recommitted.
215The House resolves itself into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union to debate the President's Annual Message.
46Mr. Morrison submits a Resolution on the Legal and Constitutional Protections of Slavery, which lies over under the rules.
12115The House resolves itself into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union to debate the President's Annual Message.
46The House resolves itself into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union to debate the President's Annual Message.
46Mr. Rice submits a Resolution to Secure Equal Rights for Black Citizens, which lies over under the rules.
11316The House resolves itself into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union to debate the President's Annual Message.
46The vote to recommit H. R. 244 is reconsidered and the bill is made the special order for after the disposition of the currency bill.
36183The House resolves itself into Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union to debate the President's Annual Message.
46Mr. Stevens introduces H. Res. 53, which is is read and amended; the death of Hon. Owen Lovejoy is announced.
1212831111H. Res. 53 is taken up and its further consideration is postponed for two weeks; various representatives are granted leave to record their votes for or against the rejection of H. Res. 53.
1683Votes recorded for H. Res. 53; the President's Annual Message is considered in the committee of the Whole.
681The House resolves itself into Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union to debate the President's Annual Message.
57The Senate informs the House that they have passed S. Res. 16 and ask the concurrence of the House.
224Mr. Cravens submits Resolutions on the Dangers of Amending the Constitution, which lie over under the rules.
111215Consideration of H. R. 244 is postponed until Tuesday next; consideration of H. Res. 53 is postponed for two weeks.
101152H. R. 244 is debated; Mr. Ashley enters a motion to recommit it to the Committee on Rebellious States.
325H. R. 244 is debated; Mr. Stevens moves to offer a substitute for it but objection is made.
34172H. R. 244 is debated.
18316H. R. 244 is debated.
4418Resolution on the Rights of Seceded States to Their Domestic Institutions is debated; Resolution on the Exercise of State Rights is debated, and then referred to the Committee on Rebellious States; H. R. 244 is debated.
7112192H. R. 244 is taken up and debated.
624H. R. 244 is taken up by the House and debated; Mr. Davis offers a substitute, which is adopted; Mr. Davis offers part of Mr. Stevens' substitute by way of a preamble, which is amended but eventually rejected.
44209121271A message on the passage of H. R. 244 is sent to the Senate.
1214The Committee of Elections submits a Report and Resolutions on the Missouri Contested Election.
2224Mr. Dawson submits a Resolution on the Purpose of the War and the Protection of Domestic Institutions; it is debated and laid on the table.
114191Mr. E. C. Ingersoll joins the House in replacement of Owen Lovejoy.
135Mr. 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.
2224Resolution on the Object of the War is taken up by the House and debated; S. Res. 57 taken up by the House and it is debated and referred the Committee for the District of Columbia; the motion to refer S. Res. 57 is reconsidered.
1221041184S. Res. 57 is taken up by the House and debated; a Message from the Senate is received on asking for concurrence a joint resolution for the revision of laws in the District of Columbia; S. Res. 16 taken up and debated.
11622521287Mr. Scofield submits the Minority Report on the Dakota Contested Election, from the Committee of Election; it is laid on the table and printed.
13212115Mr. Ganson submitted the Minority Report on the Missouri Contested Election, from the Committee on Elections; it is laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
1611121Consideration of S. Res. 16 is postponed.
146Missouri Contested Election Resolutions are divided and adopted; Francis P. Blair leaves the House and Samuel Knox joins the House; Second Resolution on the Dakota Contested Election is called up.
11311215Resolution on Dakota Contested Election is taken up by the House; J. B. S. Todd joins the House, William Jayne leaves the House.
12134118The House takes up S. Res. 16 and it is debated.
1108112S. Res. 16 is taken up and debated by the House, and rejected.
111361231229The House is informed H. R. 244 passed the Senate; it is taken up in the House and debated.
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211321161The first session of the Thirty-Eighth Congress adjourns; Gordon N. Mott and Henry G. Stebbins leave the House; Committee on Enrolled Bills announces H. R. 244 was sent to the president; Message sent to Senate on enrollment of H. R. 244.
11112Second session of the Thirty-eighth Congress convenes; Mr. Washburne submits the Resolution to Inform the Senate of the Assembly of the House and the Resolution to Create Committee to Wait Upon the President; Mr. Dawes submits the Resolution to Allow Louisiana Claimants to Occupy Seats.
121162117215The President's Annual Message of the Second Session of the 38th Congress was presented, printed, and referred; more members entered the House.
1415191More members enter the House.
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31451More members enter the House.
171224More members join the House.
524More members join the House; President's Annual Message is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
146More members join the House; H. R. 602 is reported from the Committee on the Rebellious States and then recommitted.
114162More members join the House.
446Reuben Fenton leaves the House of Representatives; More members join the House; H. R. 602 is reported back from the Committee on the Rebellious States with amendments; President's Annual Message is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
121124581Henry G. Worthington joins the house as the representative from Nevada.
1215More members join the House; President's Annual Message is discussed in Committee of the Whole.
2461James Allen joins the House; the House considers S. Res. 16.
2476Brutus Clay and Chilton White join the House; the House continues to consider S. Res. 16; amendments are offered to H. R. 602.
165186William Johnston joins the House; the House continues to consider S. Res. 16; notice given for a substitute for H. R. 602.
114610The House continues to consider S. Res. 16
467The House continues to consider S. Res. 16
469The House continues to consider S. Res. 16; notice of a substitute is given for H. R. 602.
1689The House continues to consider S. Res. 16.
7106H. R. 602 is debated and amended.
438110H. R. 602 is considered and debated.
161101Wells A. Hutchins joins the House.
124The House decides to take up S. Res. 16 and the Motion to Reconsider on the next day.
3161The House takes up and debates S. Res. 16.
357The House continues to consider S. Res. 16; it is passed.
1131121137The House is informed of the enrollment of S. Res. 16, and informs the Senate.
222314H. R. 740 is introduced and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
3122116H. R. 602 is considered and postponed.
26H. R. 602 is considered and debated.
52104H. R. 602 comes up in regular order of business and is passed over.
13171Mr. Ashley asks unanimous consent to submit substitute from the Committee on the Rebellious States to H. R. 602.
1215The Committee on the Rebellious States substitute is printed.
35H. R. 602 is considered and debated.
615A substitute for H. R. 740 is printed; H. R. 602 is debated, amended, and laid on the table.
731411163H. R. 740 is considered and debated.
2151781193The second session of the Thirty-Eighth Congress adjourns.
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