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Session 12385: 1861-01-23 12:00:00

Members from the State of Georgia inform the House that the State of Georgia has left the Union and that they are no longer members of the House of Representatives.

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Message from a Member from Georgia

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Washington City, January 23, 1861.

SIR: Satisfied, as I am, that a majority of the convention of the people of Georgia, now sitting, desire that the State should no longer be represented upon this floor, I, in obedience to this wish of the people's representatives, hereby resign the seat I hold as a member of this House.

I am, respectfully, your obedient servant.

JOSHUA HILL.

Hon. William Pennington, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States.

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