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Cite as: Erica Croft, Kiana McAllister, Annabel Harris, Lauren Davis, Elizabeth Green, Louise Navarro-Cann, Mary Nelson-Hill, Mizuki Hassell, Grace Penn, Paul Calica, Matt Rands, and Nicholas P. S. Cole, The Road to Civil War, Quill Project at Pembroke College (Oxford, 2024).

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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, Congress.gov Library of Congress: Senate Bills and Resolutions of the Thirty-Seventh Congress

National Archives Center for Legislative Archives Reports of the Committees of the Senate of the United States for the Second Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress The Congressional Globe

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Committees (17)

The House of Representatives

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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.

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The Senate

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Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate

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Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate

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Senate Committee of the Whole

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Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives

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Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives

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Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union of the House of Representatives

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Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives

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Committee on Territories of the Senate

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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.

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President of the United States

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Committee on Enrolled Bills

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Special Committee of Five of the House of Representatives

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Created on: 1861-01-09 00:00:00

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

Description: Created via resolution passed by the House on January 9th, 1861, the Special Committee of Five was designed to recieve and consider a message from the President recieved on the aforementioned day regarding the secession crisis, the slavery question, and possible compromises.

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Senate Special Committee of Five

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Created on: 1861-02-27 00:00:00

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

Description: A committee created through a resolution passed on February 27th after the Senate receives a message from John Tyler, the President of the Peace Convention.

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Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives

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