- Event type: CREATE
United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65
An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.
The House of Representatives
The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress
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Session 3655: 1863-12-15 12:00:00
A Petition on the Missouri Contested Election is introduced and referred to the Committee of Elections; Mr. Stevens submits a Resolution to Create a Special Committee of Nine (the Committee on Rebellious States, to whom he proposes to refer passages from the President's address), which is passed.
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Memorial on Massachusetts Contested Election: Mr. Sleeper
MEMORIAL CONTESTING THE SEAT OF ALEXANDER RICE,
A Representative
From the third congressional district in the State of Massachusetts.
To the honorable House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States:
Your petitioner, John S. Sleeper, of Roxbury, in the third congressional district of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, respectfully represents that he was duly elected by the legal voters of the said third district, at the election in November, 1862, to represent said third district in the thirty-eighth Congress. That notwithstanding such election, the governor of the said commonwealth has given a certificate of election to Hon. Alexander H. Rice, who now claims to represent said district in this honorable body. And your petitioner prays that the proof of such election, now in the hands of the Clerk of this house, may be examined, and your petitioner declared duly elected, and admitted to his seat.
And your petitioner will ever pray,
JOHN S. SLEEPER
Boston, May 23, 1863
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Document Timeline
- Memorial on Massachusetts Contested Election: Mr. Sleeper (introduced on 1863-12-15 12:00:00 - CREATE - e870836) [This document]
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- None (introduced on 1863-12-15 12:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e870837) [view current proposal at this moment]