- Wednesday, 09 December 1863, at 12:00
United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65
An amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery introduced during the American Civil War.
The Senate
The Senate of the Thirty-Eighth Session of Congress
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Session 8284: 1863-12-09 12:00:00
President Lincoln's Annual Message to Congress and the Emancipation Proclamation are laid on the table and printed.
Membership (at session start):
Henry B. Anthony, James A. Bayard, Lemuel J. Bowden, Charles R. Buckalew, John S. Carlile, Zachariah Chandler, Daniel Clark, Jacob Collamer, John Conness, Edgar Cowan, Garrett Davis, James Dixon, James R. Doolittle, William P. Fessenden, Solomon Foot, Lafayette S. Foster, James W. Grimes, John P. Hale, Hannibal Hamlin, Benjamin F. Harding, James Harlan, Ira Harris, John B. Henderson, Thomas A. Hendricks, Thomas H. Hicks, Jacob M. Howard, Timothy O. Howe, Reverdy Johnson, Henry S. Lane, James H. Lane, James A. McDougall, Edwin D. Morgan, Lot M. Morrill, James W. Nesmith, Samuel C. Pomeroy, Lazarus W. Powell, Alexander Ramsey, William A. Richardson, Willard Saulsbury, John Sherman, William Sprague, Charles Sumner, John C. Ten Eyck, Lyman Trumbull, Peter G. Van Winkle, Benjamin Wade, Morton S. Wilkinson, Waitman T. Willey, Henry Wilson, William Wright (50 total)
Representing 26 delegations:
California Delegation, Connecticut Delegation, Delaware Delegation, Illinois Delegation, Indiana Delegation, Iowa Delegation, Kansas Delegation, Kentucky Delegation, Maine Delegation, Maryland Delegation, Massachusetts Delegation, Michigan Delegation, Minnesota Delegation, Missouri Delegation, New Hampshire Delegation, New Jersey Delegation, New York Delegation, Ohio Delegation, Oregon Delegation, Pennsylvania Delegation, Rhode Island Delegation, United States Delegation, Vermont Delegation, Virginia Delegation, West Virginia Delegation, Wisconsin Delegation
Imported Documents
- President's Annual Message to Congress (e851131) imports from President Abraham Lincoln ,
on Tuesday, 08 December 1863, at 00:00 - Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (e858640) imports from President Abraham Lincoln ,
on Tuesday, 08 December 1863, at 00:00
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