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First day of Senate business; Senators elect present credentials and are sworn in; Committee to Wait on the President appointed.
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4Discussion of Robert Wilson's claim; President Lincoln informed that a quorum of the Senate has assembled; notice of President Lincoln's address to Congress.
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16President Lincoln's Annual Message to Congress and the Emancipation Proclamation are laid on the table and printed.
1235Hon. B. Gratz Brown of Missouri joins the Senate; standing committees of the Senate announced.
17116Mr. Davis submits Resolutions on the Constitution and Government, accusing the President of tyranny and military despotism, which are printed and laid on the table.
135Mr. Carlile offers Resolutions on the Nature of the Government.
1135S. 45 is first introduced; S. Res. 16 is first introduced; Senator Lemuel J. Bowden's death is announced.
131415Mr. Sumner submits a Resolution to Create a Committee on Slavery and Freedmen, which is adopted.
134The Select Committee on Slavery and Freedmen is appointed.
124S. 45 is referred to the Committee on Territories.
46Hon. Thomas Holliday Hicks joins the Senate.
145Messrs. Bayard and Richardson take the oath of office.
351Mr. Wilkinson submits a Resolution on the Colonization of Persons of African Descent from the District of Columbia, which is adopted by unanimous consent.
134Hon. James A. Bayard resigns from the Senate; Hon. George Read Riddle's credentials read.
12134Hon. George R. Riddle joins the Senate.
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15Mr. Johnson is appointed to fill the vacancy in the Committee on the Judiciary.
135S. 45 is reported from the Committee on Territories with amendments.
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14Hon. James W. Grimes' credentials are adopted; S. Res. 24 and S. Res. 25 are first introduced and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary; S. 99 is first introduced and referred to the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen; Mr. Sumner submits Resolutions on Emancipation and Liberty.
582111124S. 11 is first introduced and referred to the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen; S. Res. 16 is reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendments.
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14S. 45 is taken up and made the special order for Tuesday next.
146S. 114 is introduced in the Senate.
1416The Senate agrees to consider S. 45 in Committee of the Whole.
46S. 123 is first introduced and referred to the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen; S. Res. 16 is taken up and made the special order for Monday next; Mr. Sumner gives notice of an amendment to S. Res. 16, which is printed.
168S. 99 is reported from the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen without amendment.
2214S. 114 is received from the Committee on the District of Columbia.
124S. 159 is reported from the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen and passes to a second reading; a message from the Governor of Virginia announces the passing of an ordinance to abolish slavery.
11214A message from the President on the colonization of persons of African descent referred to the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen.
1214S. 169 is first introduced and referred to the Committee on Territories.
146S. Res. 16 is taken up and made the special order for Wednesday next.
472S.114 is taken up in the Committee of the Whole.
35S. 188 is reported by the Committee on Slavery and Freedmen and passes to a second reading.
1214The Senate agrees to consider S. Res. 16 in Committee of the Whole.
36S. Res. 16 is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
35S. 209 is first introduced and referred to the Committee on Claims; the Senate agree to consider S. Res. 16 in Committee of the Whole.
1315S. Res. 16 is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
3172S. Res. 16 is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
4171S. Res. 16 is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
5164S. Res. 16 is reported from the Committee of the Whole, with amendments, and debated.
12135S. Res. 16 is debated.
34162S. Res. 16 is debated and amendments are proposed to it before it is finally passed.
12871217H. R. 244 is introduced into the Senate after being passed by the House and referred to the Committee on Territories.
2351S. 114 is taken up and considered in the Committee of the Whole.
351Rev. Dr. Thomas Bowman is elected Senate chaplain; S. Res. 25 is reported by the Committee on the Judiciary, who ask to be discharged from its consideration; S. 169 is reported favorably by the Committee on Territories, and the Senate agree to consider it in Committee of the Whole.
11255S. 114 is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
34S. 114 is postponed.
311195S. Res. 57 is reported from the Committee on the District of Columbia and the Senate agree to consider it in Committee of the Whole.
1351S. Res. 57 is considered in the Committee of the Whole.
35H. R. 244 is reported from the Committee on Territories with amendments; Mr. Sumner submits a Resolution on the Readmission of Rebel States, which is laid on the table.
1144181S. Res. 57 is reported from the Committee of the Whole with amendments; it is debated and various amendments are proposed to it before it is finally passed.
213172119Message is sent to the House on the passage of S. Res. 57.
1214The credentials of Hon. Elisha Baxter are laid on the table; a message from the House announces that they have concurred in passing S. Res. 57.
11461S. Res. 57 as enrolled signed by the Speaker of the House and the President pro Tempore of the Senate.
22114S. Res. 57 is signed by President Lincoln.
125S. 209 is reported adversely from the Committee on Claims.
1351Mr. Sumner's Resolution on the Readmission of Rebel States is referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
35Mr. Sumner's Resolution on the Readmission of Rebel States is reported adversely from the Committee on the Judiciary.
124The Senate refuses to postpone prior orders and proceed to the consideration of H. R. 244.
215The Senate refuses to postpone prior orders and proceed to the consideration of H. R. 244.
4183The Senate debate the order of business; H. R. 244 is reported from Committee of the Whole with amendments; it is debated and amendments are proposed to it before it is finally passed.
11119342814The House disagree to the Senate's amendment to H. R. 244; the Senate agrees to recede from its amendment and pass H. R. 244 as originally reported by the House.
122631112H. R. 244 as enrolled is signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro Tempore of the Senate.
121114Second Session of the Thirty-eighth Congress convenes;Mr. Foot submits the Order to Inform the House of the Assembly of the Senate and the the Resolution to Create Committee to Wait Upon the President; Senate is informed of House organization.
381416161Mr. Riddle of Delaware and Mr. Carlile, of Virginia appeared in their seats.
21169Mr. Wright, of New Jersey, appears in his seat.
124Mr. Brown, from the State of Missouri, and Mr. Buckalew, from the State of Pennsylvania, appear in their seats.
225Mr. Harlan, of Iowa, Mr. Sprague of Rhode Island, and Mr. Howard of Michigan, appear in their seats; S. Res. 81 is introduced and printed.
3136Mr. Saulsbury, from Delaware, appears in his seat.
124Mr. Richardson, of Illinois, appears in his seat.
113Mr. Hale, of New Hampshire, appears in his seat.
113The Vice-President, Hannibal Hamlin, resumes the chair.
113Message received from the House on the enrollment and signing of S. Res. 16.
42114Resolution of Instruction on the Amendment to the Constitution is first introduced.
12151Resolution of Instruction on the Amendment to the Constitution is considered and adopted.
3451The second Session of the thirty-eighth congress adjourns.
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