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The Road to Civil War
Select Committee of Thirty-Three of the House of Representatives
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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Session 11914: 1860-12-04 12:00:00
The committee is created via a House resolution and the members are appointed.
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Appointment of the Committee of Thirty-Three
The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following members of the select committee to which was referred, under the order of the House of the 4th instant, "so much of the President's message as relates to the present perilous condition of the country," viz: Mr. Corwin, of Ohio; Mr. Millson, of Virginia; Mr. Charles F. Adams, of Massachusetts; Mr. Winslow, of North Carolina; Mr. Humphrey, of New York; Mr. Boyce, of South Carolina; Mr. Campbell, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Love, of Georgia; Mr. Ferry, of Connecticut; Mr. H. Winter Davis, of Maryland; Mr. Robinson, of Rhode Island; Mr. Whiteley, of Delaware; Mr. Tappan, of New Hampshire; Mr. Stratton, of New Jersey; Mr. Bristow, of Kentucky; Mr. Morrill, of Vermont; Mr. Nelson, of Tennessee; Mr. Dunn, of Indiana; Mr. Taylor, of Louisiana; Mr. Reuben Davis, of Mississippi; Mr. William Kellogg, of Illinois; Mr. Houston, of Alabama; Mr. Morse, of Maine; Mr. Phelps, of Missouri; Mr. Rust, of Arkansas; Mr. William A. Howard, of Michigan; Mr. Hawkins, of Florida; Mr. Hamilton, of Texas; Mr. Cadwalader C. Washburn, of Wisconsin; Mr. Curtis, of Iowa; Mr. Burch, of California; Mr. Windom, of Minnesota; and Mr. Stout, of Oregon.
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