An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.
The Senate of the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress
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First day of Senate business; Senators elect present credentials and are sworn in; Committee to Wait on the President appointed.
Resolved, That the Senate proceed to ascertain the classes in which the Senators from the State of West Virginia shall be inserted, in conformity with the resolution of the 14th of May, 1789, and as the Constitution requires.
Ordered, That the Secretary put into the ballot-box two papers of equal size, one of which shall be numbered one, and the other shall be a blank. Each of the Senators of the State of West Virginia shall draw out one paper, and the Senator who shall draw the paper numbered one shall be inserted in the class of Senators whose terms of service will expire the 3d day of March, 1869. That the Secretary then put into the ballot-box two papers of equal size, one of which shall be numbered two, and the other shall be numbered three. The other Senator shall draw out one paper. If the paper drawn be numbered two, the Senator shall be inserted in the class of Senators whose terms of service will expire the 3d day of March, 1865; and if the paper drawn be numbered three, the Senator shall be inserted in the class of Senators whose terms of service will expire the 3d day of March, 1857.