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The Senate
The Senate of the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress
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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Membership (53 members):
- John Conness ( California Delegation ) Visualize
- James A. McDougall ( California Delegation ) Visualize
- James Dixon ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- Lafayette S. Foster ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- James A. Bayard ( Delaware Delegation ) Visualize
- George R. Riddle ( Delaware Delegation ) Visualize
- Willard Saulsbury ( Delaware Delegation ) Visualize
- William A. Richardson ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Lyman Trumbull ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas A. Hendricks ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry S. Lane ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- James W. Grimes ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- James Harlan ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- James H. Lane ( Kansas Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel C. Pomeroy ( Kansas Delegation ) Visualize
- Garrett Davis ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Lazarus W. Powell ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Nathan A. Farwell ( Maine Delegation ) Visualize
- William P. Fessenden ( Maine Delegation ) Visualize
- Lot M. Morrill ( Maine Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas H. Hicks ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Reverdy Johnson ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles Sumner ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry Wilson ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Zachariah Chandler ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- Jacob M. Howard ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- Alexander Ramsey ( Minnesota Delegation ) Visualize
- Morton S. Wilkinson ( Minnesota Delegation ) Visualize
- B. Gratz Brown ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- John B. Henderson ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- Daniel Clark ( New Hampshire Delegation ) Visualize
- John P. Hale ( New Hampshire Delegation ) Visualize
- John C. Ten Eyck ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- William Wright ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- Ira Harris ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Edwin D. Morgan ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John Sherman ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin Wade ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin F. Harding ( Oregon Delegation ) Visualize
- James W. Nesmith ( Oregon Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles R. Buckalew ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Edgar Cowan ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry B. Anthony ( Rhode Island Delegation ) Visualize
- William Sprague ( Rhode Island Delegation ) Visualize
- Hannibal Hamlin ( United States Delegation ) Visualize
- Jacob Collamer ( Vermont Delegation ) Visualize
- Solomon Foot ( Vermont Delegation ) Visualize
- Lemuel J. Bowden ( Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- John S. Carlile ( Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- Peter G. Van Winkle ( West Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- Waitman T. Willey ( West Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- James R. Doolittle ( Wisconsin Delegation ) Visualize
- Timothy O. Howe ( Wisconsin Delegation ) Visualize
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Sessions (74)
First day of Senate business; Senators elect present credentials and are sworn in; Committee to Wait on the President appointed.
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Discussion of Robert Wilson's claim; President Lincoln informed that a quorum of the Senate has assembled; notice of President Lincoln's address to Congress.
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President Lincoln's Annual Message to Congress and the Emancipation Proclamation are laid on the table and printed.
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Hon. B. Gratz Brown of Missouri joins the Senate; standing committees of the Senate announced.
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Mr. Davis submits Resolutions on the Constitution and Government, accusing the President of tyranny and military despotism, which are printed and laid on the table.
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Mr. Carlile offers Resolutions on the Nature of the Government.
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S. 45 is first introduced; S. Res. 16 is first introduced; Senator Lemuel J. Bowden's death is announced.
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Mr. Sumner submits a Resolution to Create a Committee on Slavery and Freedmen, which is adopted.
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The Select Committee on Slavery and Freedmen is appointed.
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S. 45 is referred to the Committee on Territories.
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Hon. Thomas Holliday Hicks joins the Senate.
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Messrs. Bayard and Richardson take the oath of office.
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Mr. Wilkinson submits a Resolution on the Colonization of Persons of African Descent from the District of Columbia, which is adopted by unanimous consent.
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Hon. James A. Bayard resigns from the Senate; Hon. George Read Riddle's credentials read.
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Hon. George R. Riddle joins the Senate.
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Mr. Johnson is appointed to fill the vacancy in the Committee on the Judiciary.
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S. 45 is reported from the Committee on Territories with amendments.
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Hon. James W. Grimes' credentials are adopted; S. Res. 24 and S. Res. 25 are first introduced and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; S. 99 is first introduced and referred to the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen; Mr. Sumner submits Resolutions on Emancipation and Liberty.
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S. 11 is first introduced and referred to the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen; S. Res. 16 is reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendments.
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S. 45 is taken up and made the special order for Tuesday next.
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S. 114 is introduced in the Senate.
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The Senate agrees to consider S. 45 in Committee of the Whole.
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S. 123 is first introduced and referred to the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen; S. Res. 16 is taken up and made the special order for Monday next; Mr. Sumner gives notice of an amendment to S. Res. 16, which is printed.
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S. 99 is reported from the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen without amendment.
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S. 114 is received from the Committee on the District of Columbia.
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S. 159 is reported from the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen and passes to a second reading; a message from the Governor of Virginia announces the passing of an ordinance to abolish slavery.
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A message from the President on the colonization of persons of African descent referred to the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen.
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S. 169 is first introduced and referred to the Committee on Territories.
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S. Res. 16 is taken up and made the special order for Wednesday next.
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S.114 is taken up in the Committee of the Whole.
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S. 188 is reported by the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen and passes to a second reading.
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The Senate agrees to consider S. Res. 16 in Committee of the Whole.
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S. Res. 16 is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
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S. 209 is first introduced and referred to the Committee on Claims; the Senate agree to consider S. Res. 16 in Committee of the Whole.
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S. Res. 16 is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
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S. Res. 16 is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
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S. Res. 16 is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
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S. Res. 16 is reported from the Committee of the Whole, with amendments, and debated.
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S. Res. 16 is debated and amendments are proposed to it before it is finally passed.
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H. R. 244 is introduced into the Senate after being passed by the House and referred to the Committee on Territories.
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S. 114 is taken up and considered in the Committee of the Whole.
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Rev. Dr. Thomas Bowman is elected Senate chaplain; S. Res. 25 is reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, who ask to be discharged from its consideration; S. 169 is reported favorably by the Committee on Territories, and the Senate agree to consider it in Committee of the Whole.
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S. 114 is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
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S. Res. 57 is reported from the Committee on the District of Columbia and the Senate agree to consider it in Committee of the Whole.
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S. Res. 57 is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
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H. R. 244 is reported from the Committee on Territories with amendments; Mr. Sumner submits a Resolution on the Readmission of Rebel States, which is laid on the table.
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S. Res. 57 is reported from the Committee of the Whole with amendments; it is debated and various amendments are proposed to it before it is finally passed.
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Message is sent to the House on the passage of S. Res. 57.
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The credentials of Hon. Elisha Baxter are laid on the table; a message from the House announces that they have concurred in passing S. Res. 57.
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S. Res. 57 as enrolled signed by the Speaker of the House and the President pro Tempore of the Senate.
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S. Res. 57 is signed by President Lincoln.
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S. 209 is reported adversely from the Committee on Claims.
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Mr. Sumner's Resolution on the Readmission of Rebel States is referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Mr. Sumner's Resolution on the Readmission of Rebel States is reported adversely from the Committee on the Judiciary.
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The Senate refuses to postpone prior orders and proceed to the consideration of H. R. 244.
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The Senate refuses to postpone prior orders and proceed to the consideration of H. R. 244.
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The Senate debate the order of business; H. R. 244 is reported from Committee of the Whole with amendments; it is debated and amendments are proposed to it before it is finally passed.
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The House disagree to the Senate's amendment to H. R. 244; the Senate agrees to recede from its amendment and pass H. R. 244 as originally reported by the House.
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H. R. 244 as enrolled is signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro Tempore of the Senate.
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Second Session of the Thirty-eighth Congress convenes;Mr. Foot submits the Order to Inform the House of the Assembly of the Senate and the the Resolution to Create Committee to Wait Upon the President; Senate is informed of House organization.
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Mr. Riddle of Delaware and Mr. Carlile, of Virginia appeared in their seats.
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Mr. Wright, of New Jersey, appears in his seat.
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Mr. Brown, from the State of Missouri, and Mr. Buckalew, from the State of Pennsylvania, appear in their seats.
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Mr. Harlan, of Iowa, Mr. Sprague of Rhode Island, and Mr. Howard of Michigan, appear in their seats; S. Res. 81 is introduced and printed.
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Mr. Saulsbury, from Delaware, appears in his seat.
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Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, appears in his seat.
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Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, appears in his seat.
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The Vice-President, Hannibal Hamlin, resumes the chair.
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Message received from the House on the enrollment and signing of S. Res. 16.
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Resolution of Instruction on the Amendment to the Constitution is first introduced.
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Resolution of Instruction on the Amendment to the Constitution is considered and adopted.
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The second Session of the thirty-eighth congress adjourns.
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