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United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65
An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.
Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives
Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives for the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress.
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Session 3668: 1863-12-14 12:00:00
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Memorial on Pennsylvania Contested Election: Mr. Carrigan
MEMORIAL OF CHARLES W. CARRIGAN, CONTESTING
The right of M. Russell Thayer to a seat as a representative from the fifth congressional district of the State of Pennsylvania in the thirty-eighth Congress.
To the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States:
The undersigned, Charles W. Carrigan, respectfully represents, that at the election for representatives in the 38th Congress of the United States, held in the State of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, the 14th day of October, 1862, M. Russell Thayer and himself were candidates in the fifth congressional district of that State; that upon the returns filed, under protest, in the office of the secretary of the state of that commonwealth, the said M. Russell Thayer's name has been inserted in the proclamation of the governor, and he holds his seat in your body by virtue thereof.
The undersigned further represents, that the returns of said election were not correct or legal, and that he, and not the said M. Russell Thayer, received a majority of all the votes legally cast in said district a that election, and is therefore entitled to the seat now occupied by said M. Russell Thayer, as the representative of said district in the 38th Congress; that in pursuance of the act of Congress of February 19, 1851, regulating contested elections, he duly served a notice of contest upon the said M. Russell Thayer, setting forth specifically the grounds thereof; that an answer was received and testimony taken under provisions of said act; which notice, answer, and testimony with documents relating to the contest, have been duly transmitted to the Clerk of said House, and are now in his possession.
Wherefore, referring to the notice of contest, and other papers, as a part of this memorial, the undersigned asks that the subject may be inquired into by the House, according to the Constitution and the laws, and the usual course of proceeding on the part of the House in like cases, and that he may be declared entitled, and be admitted, to a seat in the House as a member thereof, duly elected from the fifth congressional district of the State of Pennsylvania to the 38th Congress.
CHARLES W. CARRIGAN.
December 8, 1863.
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