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The Road to Civil War

Cite as: The Road to Civil War, Quill Project at Pembroke College (Oxford, 2022).

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Editorial Decisions Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Second Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress
Journal of the Senate of the United States, Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress Journal of the Senate of the United States, Second Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress Library of Congress: Senate Bills and Resolutions of the Thirty-Seventh Congress
National Archives Center for Legislative Archives The Congressional Globe

Delegations (34 voting)
Alabama Delegation

9 members

Arkansas Delegation

4 members

California Delegation

8 members

Connecticut Delegation

8 members

Delaware Delegation

4 members

Florida Delegation

3 members

Georgia Delegation

10 members

Illinois Delegation

16 members

Indiana Delegation

22 members

Iowa Delegation

5 members

Kansas Delegation

3 members

Kentucky Delegation

20 members

Louisiana Delegation

6 members

Maine Delegation

16 members

Maryland Delegation

13 members

Massachusetts Delegation

16 members

Michigan Delegation

10 members

Minnesota Delegation

4 members

Mississippi Delegation

7 members

Missouri Delegation

16 members

New Hampshire Delegation

6 members

New Jersey Delegation

10 members

New York Delegation

59 members

North Carolina Delegation

10 members

Ohio Delegation

33 members

Oregon Delegation

6 members

Pennsylvania Delegation

42 members

Rhode Island Delegation

6 members

South Carolina Delegation

6 members

Tennessee Delegation

13 members

Texas Delegation

4 members

Vermont Delegation

6 members

Virginia Delegation

22 members

Wisconsin Delegation

8 members

Colorado Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

1 members

Dakota Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

1 members

Kansas Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

2 members

Nebraska Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

1 members

Nevada Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

1 members

New Mexico Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

2 members

Officers of the House of Representatives
(non-voting)

1 members

Officers of the Senate
(non-voting)

3 members

President
(non-voting)

1 members

Utah Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

2 members

Washington Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

2 members

Committees (14)
The House of Representatives
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Created on: 1860-12-03 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

349 members

96 sessions

0 keyword tagged

35, 419, 5,

2

60, 16, 16,

266, 0

459, 152, 37,

82, 1, 10

909, 262

Select Committee of Thirty-Three of the House of Representatives
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Created on: 1860-12-04 00:00:00

Dissolved on: 1861-03-04 00:00:00

Description: A select committee formed via resolution in reference to the 1860 annual President's Message tasked with examining the condition of the union, exploring the slavery question, and offering solutions to the crisis of secession. The committee was designed to contain one member from each State.

33 members

2 sessions

0 keyword tagged

0, 33, 0,

0

6, 0, 1,

0, 0

1, 0, 6,

0, 0, 0

0, 0

The Senate
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Created on: 1860-12-03 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

84 members

79 sessions

0 keyword tagged

10, 116, 5,

0

47, 8, 26,

105, 1

292, 31, 19,

24, 2, 5

457, 78

Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate
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Created on: 1860-12-03 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

7 members

6 sessions

0 keyword tagged

0, 7, 0,

0

2, 0, 3,

0, 0

0, 0, 3,

0, 0, 0

0, 0

Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate
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Created on: 1860-12-03 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

7 members

6 sessions

0 keyword tagged

0, 7, 0,

0

0, 2, 4,

0, 0

2, 0, 2,

0, 0, 0

0, 0

Senate Committee of the Whole
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Created on: 1860-12-03 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

84 members

29 sessions

0 keyword tagged

0, 64, 1,

0

1, 55, 11,

151, 0

192, 36, 12,

23, 0, 4

264, 67

Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives
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Created on: 1860-12-03 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

9 members

6 sessions

0 keyword tagged

0, 9, 0,

0

3, 0, 2,

0, 0

0, 0, 3,

0, 0, 0

0, 0

Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives
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Created on: 1860-12-03 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

10 members

5 sessions

0 keyword tagged

1, 10, 0,

0

0, 0, 2,

0, 0

0, 0, 0,

0, 0, 0

0, 0

Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union of the House of Representatives
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Created on: 1860-12-03 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

349 members

2 sessions

0 keyword tagged

0, 0, 1,

0

0, 22, 1,

41, 0

24, 23, 0,

4, 0, 0

33, 5

Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives
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Created on: 1860-12-03 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

9 members

6 sessions

0 keyword tagged

1, 9, 0,

0

0, 1, 2,

0, 0

1, 0, 2,

0, 0, 0

0, 0

Committee on Territories of the Senate
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Created on: 1860-12-03 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

7 members

3 sessions

0 keyword tagged

0, 7, 0,

0

0, 1, 1,

0, 0

1, 0, 1,

0, 0, 0

0, 0

Senate Special Committee of Thirteen on the Condition of the Country
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Created on: 1860-12-18 00:00:00

Dissolved on: 1861-03-04 00:00:00

Description: A committee formed through a resolution submitted by Mr. Powell on December 6, 1860 and adopted on December 18, 1860. The role of the committee was to examine the conflict between slaveholding and non-slaveholding States and provide solutions and concessions to avoid secession.

13 members

2 sessions

0 keyword tagged

0, 13, 0,

0

1, 0, 1,

0, 0

0, 0, 1,

0, 0, 0

0, 0

President James Buchanan
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Created on: 1860-12-03 00:00:00

Dissolved on: 1861-03-04 00:00:00

Description: None

0 member

2 sessions

0 keyword tagged

0, 0, 0,

0

0, 0, 0,

0, 0

0, 0, 0,

0, 0, 0

0, 0

Committee on Enrolled Bills
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Created on: 1860-12-03 00:00:00

Dissolved on: 1861-03-04 00:00:00

Description: None

0 member

1 sessions

0 keyword tagged

0, 0, 0,

0

0, 0, 0,

0, 0

0, 0, 0,

0, 0, 0

0, 0

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