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The House of Representatives
The House of Representatives of the Fortieth Session of Congress
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Membership (233 members):
- Charles W. Buckley ( Alabama Delegation ) Visualize
- John B. Callis ( Alabama Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas Haughey ( Alabama Delegation ) Visualize
- Francis W. Kellogg ( Alabama Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin W. Norris ( Alabama Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles W. Pierce ( Alabama Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas Boles ( Arkansas Delegation ) Visualize
- James T. Elliott ( Arkansas Delegation ) Visualize
- James M. Hinds ( Arkansas Delegation ) Visualize
- Logan H. Roots ( Arkansas Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel B. Axtell ( California Delegation ) Visualize
- William Higby ( California Delegation ) Visualize
- James A. Johnson ( California Delegation ) Visualize
- William H. Barnum ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- Julius Hotchkiss ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- Richard D. Hubbard ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry H. Starkweather ( Connecticut Delegation ) Visualize
- John A. Nicholson ( Delaware Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles M. Hamilton ( Florida Delegation ) Visualize
- Joseph W. Clift ( Georgia Delegation ) Visualize
- William P. Edwards ( Georgia Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel F. Gove ( Georgia Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles H. Prince ( Georgia Delegation ) Visualize
- Nelson Tift ( Georgia Delegation ) Visualize
- Pierce M. B. Young ( Georgia Delegation ) Visualize
- Jehu Baker ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry P. H. Bromwell ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Albert G. Burr ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Burton C. Cook ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Shelby M. Cullom ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- John F. Farnsworth ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Abner C. Harding ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Ebon C. Ingersoll ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Norman B. Judd ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- John A. Logan ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel S. Marshall ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Green B. Raum ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Lewis W. Ross ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- Elihu B. Washburne ( Illinois Delegation ) Visualize
- John Coburn ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Schuyler Colfax ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- William S. Holman ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Morton C. Hunter ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- George W. Julian ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Michael C. Kerr ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- William E. Niblack ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Godlove S. Orth ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- John P. C. Shanks ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry D. Washburn ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- William Williams (IN) ( Indiana Delegation ) Visualize
- William B. Allison ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- Grenville M. Dodge ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- Asahel W. Hubbard ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- William Loughridge ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- Hiram Price ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- James F. Wilson ( Iowa Delegation ) Visualize
- Sidney Clarke ( Kansas Delegation ) Visualize
- George M. Adams ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- James B. Beck ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Jacob Golladay ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Asa Grover ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas L. Jones ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- J. Proctor Knott ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel McKee ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- Lawrence S. Trimble ( Kentucky Delegation ) Visualize
- W. Jasper Blackburn ( Louisiana Delegation ) Visualize
- James Mann ( Louisiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Joseph P. Newsham ( Louisiana Delegation ) Visualize
- J. Hale Sypher ( Louisiana Delegation ) Visualize
- Michel Vidal ( Louisiana Delegation ) Visualize
- James G. Blaine ( Maine Delegation ) Visualize
- John Lynch ( Maine Delegation ) Visualize
- Sidney Perham ( Maine Delegation ) Visualize
- John A. Peters ( Maine Delegation ) Visualize
- Frederick A. Pike ( Maine Delegation ) Visualize
- Stevenson Archer ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Hiram McCullough ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles E. Phelps ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Frederick Stone ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Francis Thomas ( Maryland Delegation ) Visualize
- Oakes Ames ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- John D. Baldwin ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Nathaniel P. Banks ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- George S. Boutwell ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin F. Butler ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry L. Dawes ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas D. Eliot ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel Hooper ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Ginery Twichell ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- William B. Washburn ( Massachusetts Delegation ) Visualize
- Fernando C. Beaman ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- Austin Blair ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- John F. Driggs ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas W. Ferry ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- Rowland E. Trowbridge ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles Upson ( Michigan Delegation ) Visualize
- Ignatius L. Donnelly ( Minnesota Delegation ) Visualize
- William Windom ( Minnesota Delegation ) Visualize
- George W. Anderson ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- John F. Benjamin ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- Joseph J. Gravely ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin F. Loan ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- Joseph W. McClurg ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- James M. McCormick ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- Carman A. Newcomb ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas E. Noell ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- William A. Pile ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- John H. Stover ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- Robert T. Van Horn ( Missouri Delegation ) Visualize
- John Taffe ( Nebraska Delegation ) Visualize
- Delos R. Ashley ( Nevada Delegation ) Visualize
- Jacob Benton ( New Hampshire Delegation ) Visualize
- Jacob H. Ela ( New Hampshire Delegation ) Visualize
- Aaron F. Stevens ( New Hampshire Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles Haight ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- George A. Halsey ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- John Hill ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- William Moore ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles Sitgreaves ( New Jersey Delegation ) Visualize
- Alexander H. Bailey ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Demas Barnes ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- James Brooks ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John W. Chanler ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John C. Churchill ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas Cornell ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Orange Ferriss ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- William C. Fields ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John Fox ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John Augustus Griswold ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Calvin T. Hulburd ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- James M. Humphrey ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- William H. Kelsey ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John H. Ketcham ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Addison H. Laflin ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- William S. Lincoln ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- James M. Marvin ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Dennis McCarthy ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John Morrissey ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Theodore M. Pomeroy ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- John V. L. Pruyn ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- William H. Robertson ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- William E. Robinson ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Lewis Selye ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas E. Stewart ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Stephen Taber ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry H. Van Aernam ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Burt Van Horn ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles H. Van Wyck ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Hamilton Ward Sr. ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Fernando Wood ( New York Delegation ) Visualize
- Nathaniel Boyden ( North Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- John T. Deweese ( North Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- Oliver H. Dockery ( North Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- John R. French ( North Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- David Heaton ( North Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- Alexander H. Jones ( North Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- Israel G. Lash ( North Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- James M. Ashley ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- John Beatty ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- John A. Bingham ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Ralph P. Buckland ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel F. Cary ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Reader W. Clarke ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Columbus Delano ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Ephraim R. Eckley ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin Eggleston ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- James A. Garfield ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Cornelius S. Hamilton ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Rutherford B. Hayes ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- William Lawrence ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- George W. Morgan ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- William Mungen ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Tobias A. Plants ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Robert C. Schenck ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel Shellabarger ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Rufus P. Spalding ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Philadelph Van Trump ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Martin Welker ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- John T. Wilson ( Ohio Delegation ) Visualize
- Rufus Mallory ( Oregon Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin M. Boyer ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- John M. Broomall ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Henry L. Cake ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- John Covode ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles Denison ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Oliver J. Dickey ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Darwin A. Finney ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- J. Lawrence Getz ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Adam J. Glossbrenner ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- William D. Kelley ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- William H. Koontz ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- George V. Lawrence ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Ulysses Mercur ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- George F. Miller ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- James K. Moorhead ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Daniel J. Morrell ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Leonard Myers ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles O'Neill ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- S. Newton Pettis ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel J. Randall ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Glenni W. Scofield ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Thaddeus Stevens ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Caleb N. Taylor ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Daniel M. Van Auken ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas Williams ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Stephen F. Wilson ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- George W. Woodward ( Pennsylvania Delegation ) Visualize
- Nathan F. Dixon ( Rhode Island Delegation ) Visualize
- Thomas Jenckes ( Rhode Island Delegation ) Visualize
- C. C. Bowen ( South Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- M. Simeon Corley ( South Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- James H. Goss ( South Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- B. Frank Whittemore ( South Carolina Delegation ) Visualize
- Samuel M. Arnell ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- Roderick R. Butler ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- Isaac R. Hawkins ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- Horace Maynard ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- James Mullins ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- David A. Nunn ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- William B. Stokes ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- John Trimble ( Tennessee Delegation ) Visualize
- Luke P. Poland ( Vermont Delegation ) Visualize
- Worthington C. Smith ( Vermont Delegation ) Visualize
- Frederick E. Woodbridge ( Vermont Delegation ) Visualize
- Chester D. Hubbard ( West Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- Bethuel M. Kitchen ( West Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- Daniel Polsley ( West Virginia Delegation ) Visualize
- Amasa Cobb ( Wisconsin Delegation ) Visualize
- Charles A. Eldredge ( Wisconsin Delegation ) Visualize
- Benjamin F. Hopkins ( Wisconsin Delegation ) Visualize
- Halbert E. Paine ( Wisconsin Delegation ) Visualize
- Philetus Sawyer ( Wisconsin Delegation ) Visualize
- Cadwalader C. Washburn ( Wisconsin Delegation ) Visualize
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Sessions (132)
First day of House business
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William Hooper from Utah enters the House; the Chaplain of the House is elected and sworn in
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Members of committees are appointed
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H. R. 33 is reported by the Committee on the Judiciary
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Rufus Malory from Oregon enters the House
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Jacob H. Ela and Aaron F. Stevens from New Hampshire enter the House; H. R. 33 is reported by the Senate with an amendment
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The House receives H. R. 33 back from the Senate with amendments; the House calls for a Committee of Conference on H. R. 33; the Committee of Conference makes a report on H. R. 33 and the report is adopted
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Jacob Benton from New Hampshire and George M. Chilcott from Colorado enter the House; H. R. 33 is enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House
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A message is received from the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills.
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Mr. Schenck is designated as the Speaker pro tempore while the Speaker takes a leave of absence
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H. R. 33 is vetoed by the President of the United States and sent back to the House
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Thomas A. Jenckes and Nathan F. Dixon from Rhode Island enter the House; The contested-election cases of Smith vs. Brown and Trimble vs. Symes are submitted to the House
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A resolution is proposed instructing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire whether under the Constitution Congress have the power to prescribe qualifications of voters in the several States; Mr. Blakely enters the House asking admission to the House floor
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George M. Adams from Kentucky enters the House; H. Res. 62, amending the Constitution, is proposed; the Committee on Reconstruction reports H. R. 123
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The House continues to consider H. R. 123
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The death of Charles Denison from Pennsylvania is announced
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William H. Barnum and Richard D. Hubbard from Connecticut enter the House; H. R. 123, as amended by the Senate, is considered by the House
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The House continues to consider H. R. 123
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H. Res. 73 is proposed; the Committee of Conference reports H. R. 123, it is debated by the House and adopted
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The House is made aware of an error in the enrollment of H. R. 123
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The Committee on Enrolled Bills reports that H. R. 123 had been presented to the President of the United States on July 15
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The House receives S. 137
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The Committee on the Judiciary reports back S. 137 with an amendment
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H. R. 123 is vetoed by the President of the United States and sent back to the House; the House receives S. 137 from the Senate, with an amendment
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S. 137 is enrolled; the House adjourns until November 21, 1867
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Representatives take their seats in the House after a four month adjournment
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Samuel M. Arnell from Tennessee enters the House; Members of standing committees are appointed; Mr. Golladay enters the House and his credentials are referred to the Committee of Elections
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Alexander H. Bailey from New York enters the House; the first session of the Fortieth Congress is adjourned
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The second session of the Fortieth Congress is called to order
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Representatives continue to take their seats in the House; the President's Annual Message is read to the House
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Representatives continue to take their seats in the House
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Frederick E. Woodbridge from Vermont and J. S. Golladay from Kentucky enter the House; H. R. 212 and H. R. 214 are proposed and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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S. 141 is referred to the House; the motion to refer H. R. 214 is reconsidered
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Ulysses Mercur from Pennsylvania enters the House
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Fernando Wood from New York enters the House; the House considers and passes S. 141
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Glenni W. Scofield from Pennsylvania, and John Fox and Burr Van Horn from New York enter the House; H. Res. 62 is taken up and debated; S. 141 is enrolled and signed by the Speaker
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H. R. 212 is referred to the Committee on Reconstruction
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Lewis Selye from New York enters the House
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James R. McCormick from Missouri and Charles P. Clever from New Mexico enter the House
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The House continues to consider H. R. 214; it is passed and sent to the Senate for concurrence
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Green B. Raum from Illinois enters the House
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Ginery Twichell from Massachusetts and John Morrissey from New York enter the House
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Bethuel M. Kitchen from West Virginia enters the House; the Committee of Elections reports resolutions on the contested-election case of Trimble vs. Symes
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Lawrence S. Trimble from Kentucky enters the House
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The House considers the President's Annual Message in Committee of the Whole
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H. R. 439 is reported by the Committee on Reconstruction
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The House continues to consider H. R. 439
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The House continues to consider H. R. 439; Mr. Stevens introduces a bill relative to universal suffrage
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H. R. 439 is adopted and sent to the Senate for concurrence; John Taffe from Nebraska enters the House; the Committee of Elections reports resolution on the contested election case of Smith vs. Brown
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The death of Thomas E. Noell is announced
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The death of Elijah Hise is announced
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The House continues to consider the President's Annual Message in Committee of the Whole
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Walter A. Burleigh from the Dakota Territory enters the House
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H. Res. 186, declaratory of the rights and powers of federal and State governments, and the rights of citizenship, is proposed
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The resolutions on the contested election case of Smith vs. Brown are considered
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John Beatty from Ohio enters the House
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The resolutions on the contested-election case of Smith vs. Brown are further considered
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It is decided that Samuel E. Smith is not entitled to his seat in the House
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The Committee of Elections reports a joint resolution on the contested-election case of R. R. Butler
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The Committee on Enrolled Bills reports the presentation of H. R. 214 to the President of the United States
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H. Res. 870 is introduced, in lieu of H. Res. 214; H. Res. 870 is passed and sent to the Senate for concurrence
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H. R. 214 is approved by the President of the United States and becomes a law
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The Committee of Elections reports resolutions on the contested-election case of McKee vs. Young
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The Committee of Elections reports resolutions on the contested-election case of Delano vs. Morgan
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The resolutions on the contested-election case of Delano vs. Morgan are considered and amended
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Columbus Delano from Ohio is sworn in and takes his seat in the House
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The House receives H. Res. 870 from the Senate, with an amendment
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The House considers H. Res. 870, as amended by the Senate; H. Res. 870 is passed and sent to the President of the United States to be signed
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The Committee of Elections reports a resolution on the contested-election case of McKee vs. Young
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The House receives a message that the President of the United States had signed H. Res. 870, removing the political disabilities on Roderick R. Butler
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Samuel McKee from Kentucky is sworn in and takes his seat in the House
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The credentials of representatives-elect from Arkansas are presented
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Member-elect from Arkansas are sworn in and take their seats in the House
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Roderick R. Butler from Tennessee is sworn in and takes his seat in the House
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The credentials of Charles M. Hamilton from Florida are presented
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Charles M. Hamilton from Florida is sworn in and takes his seat in the House
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The credentials of John R. French, Oliver H. Dockery, John T. Deweese, Nathaniel Boyden, and Alexander H. Jones from North Carolina are presented; Mr. French, Mr. Deweese, and Mr. Jones are sworn in and take their seats in the House
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The credentials of James H. Goss from South Carolina and David Heaton from North Carolina are presented; Mr. Heaton is sworn in and takes his seat in the House
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The House continues to consider the President's Annual Message in Committee of the Whole
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The credentials of members-elect from Alabama and Louisiana are presented and referred to the Committee of Elections
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The credentials of John B. Callis from Alabama are presented, the representatives-elect from Louisiana and South Carolina are sworn in and take their seats in the House
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The credentials of C. C. Bowen from South Carolina and Israel G. Lash from North Carolina are presented; they are sworn in and take their seats in the House
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The credentials of Benjamin W. Norris from Alabama are presented; the representatives-elect from Alabama are sworn in and take their seats in the House
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Francis W. Kellogg from Alabama is sworn in and takes his seat in the House
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The credentials of Samuel F. Gove, C. H. Prince, and W. P. Edwards from Georgia are presented
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Representatives-elect from Georgia are sworn in and take their seats in the House
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The second session of the Fortieth Congress is adjourned
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The third session of the Fortieth Congress is called to order; H. Res. 363, H. Res. 364, H. Res. 366, and H. Res. 367 are proposed
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Representatives continue to take their seats in the House
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Representatives continue to take their seats in the House; vacancies on committees are filled
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Representatives continue to take their seats in the House; H. R. 1530 and H. R. 1531 are proposed
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George A. Halsey from New Jersey, James A. Johnson from California, and Lewis Selye from New York enter the House
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The death of Thaddeus Stevens is announced
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The credentials of J. Willis Menard from Louisiana are presented; the death of Darwin A. Finney is announced
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Representatives continue to take their seats in the House
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Samuel Shellabarger from Ohio and A. W. Hubbard from Iowa enter the House
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E. D. Holbrook from the Idaho Territory enters the House
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Thomas Cornell from New York enters the House; H. Res. 399, H. Res. 402, and H. R. 1667 are proposed
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Thomas Williams from Pennsylvania enters the House; the credentials of J. S. Casement from Wyoming are presented
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James T. Elliott enters the House; Mr. Price is appointed the Speaker pro tempore
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Walter A. Burleigh from the Dakota Territory enters the House
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William H. Hooper from the Utah Territory enters the House
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Charles M. Hamilton from Florida enters the House
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H. Res. 402 is made the special order of business for the following day
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The House continues to consider H. Res. 402 and H. R. 1667
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W. Jasper Blackburn from Louisiana enters the House; H. Res. 402 is taken up
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The House resumes consideration of H. Res. 402 and H. R. 1667
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The House resumes consideration of H. Res. 402 and H. R. 1667
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The House resumes consideration of H. Res. 402 and H. R. 1667
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The House passes H. Res. 402 and it is sent to the Senate for concurrence
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H. Res. 441, amending the Constitution, is proposed
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The House receives a message from the Senate they have passed H. Res. 402 with amendments and request concurrence of the House in the amendments
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Mr. Ashley proposes an amendment to H. Res. 402
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The House receives a message from the Senate rejecting H. Res. 402; the message indicates that the Senate passed S. Res. 8 and requests the concurrence of the House
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J. Francisco Chaves is sworn in and takes his seat in the House; the House takes up S. Res. 8, it passes in the House and is sent to the Senate for concurrence
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The House receives from the Senate requesting a conference committee with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two houses on S. Res. 8; the House receives S. 827
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The conference committee of the two houses reports their amendments to S. Res. 8; the House agrees to the report of the conference committee and S. Res. 8 is passed
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The House receives a message from the Senate reporting that the Senate passed a resolution instructing the President to transmit the proposed amendment to the State legislatures and requests the concurrence of the House
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The House concurs in the Senate resolution to instruct the President to transmit the proposed amendment to the State legislatures
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