Associated events (508)

• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 03 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 26 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 10 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Special Committee of Thirteen on the Condition of the Country, Date: 22 Dec 1860, 10:00
  [Editors' note: The Committee rejects all articles, therefore the document is dropped.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 09 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Enrolled Bills, Date: 14 Apr 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: We have inferred the creation and referral of this document from its being reported in the House. The date of its creation and referral are unknown, but we have chosen to model them on the day it is read in the House.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 02 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: President of the United States, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [Editors' Note: The Presidnet sends the message to Congress.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 27 Feb 1861, 12:00
  [Editors' Note: The Senate proceeds to consider the division.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Enrolled Bills, Date: 12 Jul 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: We have inferred the creation and referral of this document from its being reported in the House and Senate. The date of its creation and referral are unknown, but we have chosen to model them on the day it is read in the House and Senate.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Enrolled Bills, Date: 18 Jun 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: We have inferred the creation and referral of this document from its being reported in the House. The date of its creation and referral are unknown, but we have chosen to model them on the day it is read in the House.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: President of the United States, Date: 16 Apr 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: We have inferred the creation and referral of this document from its being reported in the House and Senate. The date of its creation and referral are unknown, but we have chosen to model them on the day it is read in the House and Senate.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 31 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Special Committee of Five, Date: 27 Feb 1861, 00:00
  [Editors' Note: Unfortunately we do not have the records for this committee. For this reason, we are creating this document editorially the day before it is recieved by the Senate. We know the text of this proposition, as it is read aloud in the Senate...

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 01 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: President of the United States, Date: 05 Feb 1861, 00:00
  [Editors' Note: The message is sent to Congress and recieved.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Enrolled Bills, Date: 11 Jul 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: We have inferred the creation and referral of this document from its being reported in the House. The date of its creation and referral are unknown, but we have chosen to model them on the day it is read in the House.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Enrolled Bills, Date: 15 Apr 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: We have inferred the creation and referral of this document from its being reported in the House and Senate. The date of its creation and referral are unknown, but we have chosen to model them on the day it is read in the House and Senate.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Enrolled Bills, Date: 19 Jun 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: We have inferred the creation and referral of this document from its being reported in the House and Senate. The date of its creation and referral are unknown, but we have chosen to model them on the day it is read in the House and Senate.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [Editors' note: The Message from the Senate was received by the House.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 04 Dec 1860, 12:00
  [Editors' note: Mr. Boteler only needs his own initiative to amend his own motion.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 04 Dec 1860, 12:00
  Motion for the Previous Question

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 04 Dec 1860, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Point of Order is dropped here as the motion was amended to conform to the rules.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 04 Dec 1860, 12:00
  Motion to Refer and Print The President's Annual Message

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 02 Dec 1861, 12:00
  The VICE PRESIDENT, (Hon. Hannibal Hamlin,) at twelve o’clock, meridian, called the Senate to order.

  People: Hannibal Hamlin
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 02 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [Rev. Byron Sunderland, D. D., Chaplain for the Senate of the Thirty-Seventh Congress.]

  People: Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderland
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 03 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 03 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 12:00
  On the District of Columbia—Messrs. Grimes, (chairman,) Dixon, Morrill, Wade, Anthony, Kennedy, and Powell.

  People: James W. Grimes
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 12:00
  On the District of Columbia—Messrs. Grimes, (chairman,) Dixon, Morrill, Wade, Anthony, Kennedy, and Powell.

  People: James Dixon
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 12:00
  On the District of Columbia—Messrs. Grimes, (chairman,) Dixon, Morrill, Wade, Anthony, Kennedy, and Powell.

  People: Lot M. Morrill
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 12:00
  On the District of Columbia—Messrs. Grimes, (chairman,) Dixon, Morrill, Wade, Anthony, Kennedy, and Powell.

  People: Benjamin Wade
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 12:00
  On the District of Columbia—Messrs. Grimes, (chairman,) Dixon, Morrill, Wade, Anthony, Kennedy, and Powell.

  People: Henry B. Anthony
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 12:00
  On the District of Columbia—Messrs. Grimes, (chairman,) Dixon, Morrill, Wade, Anthony, Kennedy, and Powell.

  People: Anthony Kennedy
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 12:00
  On the District of Columbia—Messrs. Grimes, (chairman,) Dixon, Morrill, Wade, Anthony, Kennedy, and Powell.

  People: Lazarus W. Powell
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Motion to Refer the Resolution to the Committee on the District of Columbia

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  On the Judiciary—Messrs. Trumbull, (chairman,) Foster, Ten Eyck, Cowan, Harris, Bayard, and Powell.

  People: Lyman Trumbull
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  On the Judiciary—Messrs. Trumbull, (chairman,) Foster, Ten Eyck, Cowan, Harris, Bayard, and Powell.

  People: Lafayette S. Foster
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  On the Judiciary—Messrs. Trumbull, (chairman,) Foster, Ten Eyck, Cowan, Harris, Bayard, and Powell.

  People: John C. Ten Eyck
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  On the Judiciary—Messrs. Trumbull, (chairman,) Foster, Ten Eyck, Cowan, Harris, Bayard, and Powell.

  People: Edgar Cowan
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  On the Judiciary—Messrs. Trumbull, (chairman,) Foster, Ten Eyck, Cowan, Harris, Bayard, and Powell.

  People: Ira Harris
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  On the Judiciary—Messrs. Trumbull, (chairman,) Foster, Ten Eyck, Cowan, Harris, Bayard, and Powell.

  People: James A. Bayard
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  On the Judiciary—Messrs. Trumbull, (chairman,) Foster, Ten Eyck, Cowan, Harris, Bayard, and Powell.

  People: Lazarus W. Powell
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 05 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 05 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 05 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 16 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 16 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 16 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 20 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 20 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 23 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 23 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 23 Dec 1861, 12:00
  CREDENTIALS PRESENTED. Mr. LANE, of Indiana, presented the credentials of Hon. Garrett Davis, chosen by the Legislature of Kentucky, a Senator from that State for the term ending March 3, 1867, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expulsion from the...

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 17 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 17 Jan 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 17 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 29 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 29 Jan 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 24 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 24 Jan 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 29 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 05 Feb 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 05 Feb 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 13 Feb 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 13 Feb 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 27 Feb 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 27 Feb 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 28 Feb 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 28 Feb 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 03 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 03 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 03 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, Date: 08 Mar 1862, 00:00
  Message from the President of the United States: Recommending the Adoption of a Resolution to Cooperate with States That Adopt Gradual Abolition of Slavery

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 13 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 13 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 17 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 17 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 05 Dec 1860, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The appointments were received.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Select Committee of Thirty-Three of the House of Representatives, Date: 04 Dec 1860, 12:00
  Appointment of the Committee of Thirty-Three

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 04 Mar 1861, 10:00
  [The final day of the second session of the 36th Congress. The members are dissolved.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 27 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 27 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 28 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 28 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 14 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 14 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 15 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 15 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 15 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 16 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 16 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 16 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 24 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 24 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 24 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Jul 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 10 Jul 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 10 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 11 Jul 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 11 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 Jul 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 Jul 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 14 Jul 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 14 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 14 Jul 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Motion to Take the Oath of Office: Alfred A. Burnham

  People: Dwight Loomis
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 03 Dec 1861, 00:00
  Memorial Contesting the Election of Charles Upton

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 03 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 03 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 05 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 05 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: For the District of Columbia.--Roscoe Conkling, of New York; Charles Delano, of Massachusetts; Henry C. Burnett, of Kentucky; James M. Ashley,...

  People: Roscoe Conkling
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: For the District of Columbia.--Roscoe Conkling, of New York; Charles Delano, of Massachusetts; Henry C. Burnett, of Kentucky; James M. Ashley,...

  People: Charles Delano
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: For the District of Columbia.--Roscoe Conkling, of New York; Charles Delano, of Massachusetts; Henry C. Burnett, of Kentucky; James M. Ashley,...

  People: James M. Ashley
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: For the District of Columbia.--Roscoe Conkling, of New York; Charles Delano, of Massachusetts; Henry C. Burnett, of Kentucky; James M. Ashley,...

  People: Charles B. Calvert
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: For the District of Columbia.--Roscoe Conkling, of New York; Charles Delano, of Massachusetts; Henry C. Burnett, of Kentucky; James M. Ashley,...

  People: Richard Franchot
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: For the District of Columbia.--Roscoe Conkling, of New York; Charles Delano, of Massachusetts; Henry C. Burnett, of Kentucky; James M. Ashley,...

  People: Edward H. Rollins
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: For the District of Columbia.--Roscoe Conkling, of New York; Charles Delano, of Massachusetts; Henry C. Burnett, of Kentucky; James M. Ashley,...

  People: William Morris Davis
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: For the District of Columbia.--Roscoe Conkling, of New York; Charles Delano, of Massachusetts; Henry C. Burnett, of Kentucky; James M. Ashley,...

  People: Charles H. Upton
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  Committee of Elections.--Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts; James H. Campbell, of Pennsylvania; Daniel W. Voorhees, of Indiana; James B. McKean, of New York; Dwight Loomis, of Connecticut; Portus Baxter, of Vermont; William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania;...

  People: Henry L. Dawes
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  Committee of Elections.--Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts; James H. Campbell, of Pennsylvania; Daniel W. Voorhees, of Indiana; James B. McKean, of New York; Dwight Loomis, of Connecticut; Portus Baxter, of Vermont; William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania;...

  People: James H. Campbell
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  Committee of Elections.--Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts; James H. Campbell, of Pennsylvania; Daniel W. Voorhees, of Indiana; James B. McKean, of New York; Dwight Loomis, of Connecticut; Portus Baxter, of Vermont; William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania;...

  People: Daniel W. Voorhees
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  Committee of Elections.--Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts; James H. Campbell, of Pennsylvania; Daniel W. Voorhees, of Indiana; James B. McKean, of New York; Dwight Loomis, of Connecticut; Portus Baxter, of Vermont; William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania;...

  People: James B. McKean
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  Committee of Elections.--Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts; James H. Campbell, of Pennsylvania; Daniel W. Voorhees, of Indiana; James B. McKean, of New York; Dwight Loomis, of Connecticut; Portus Baxter, of Vermont; William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania;...

  People: Dwight Loomis
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  Committee of Elections.--Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts; James H. Campbell, of Pennsylvania; Daniel W. Voorhees, of Indiana; James B. McKean, of New York; Dwight Loomis, of Connecticut; Portus Baxter, of Vermont; William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania;...

  People: Portus Baxter
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  Committee of Elections.--Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts; James H. Campbell, of Pennsylvania; Daniel W. Voorhees, of Indiana; James B. McKean, of New York; Dwight Loomis, of Connecticut; Portus Baxter, of Vermont; William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania;...

  People: William D. Kelley
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  Committee of Elections.--Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts; James H. Campbell, of Pennsylvania; Daniel W. Voorhees, of Indiana; James B. McKean, of New York; Dwight Loomis, of Connecticut; Portus Baxter, of Vermont; William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania;...

  People: George H. Browne
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jul 1861, 00:00
  Committee of Elections.--Henry L. Dawes, of Massachusetts; James H. Campbell, of Pennsylvania; Daniel W. Voorhees, of Indiana; James B. McKean, of New York; Dwight Loomis, of Connecticut; Portus Baxter, of Vermont; William D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania;...

  People: John W. Menzies
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, Date: 10 Dec 1861, 00:00
  H. R. 122

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 10 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 10 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 10 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 12 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 12 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 23 Dec 1861, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 23 Dec 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 Jan 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 Jan 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 12 Jan 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: Because we do not have the records of the Committee of Elections it is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the House records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 13 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 13 Jan 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 20 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 20 Jan 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 21 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 21 Jan 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 28 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 28 Jan 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 29 Jan 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: Because we do not have the records of the Committee of Elections it is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the House records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 30 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 30 Jan 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 26 Feb 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 26 Feb 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 27 Feb 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 27 Feb 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, Date: 27 Feb 1862, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Upton loses his seat in the House and thus his seat on the committee. Therefore, we have modeled him as leaving the committee on the day that he loses his seat in the House.]

  People: Charles H. Upton
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 04 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 04 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, Date: 04 Mar 1862, 00:00
  The Speaker made the following appointments to fill vacancies on committees, viz: For the District of Columbia.--Mr. Fessenden, in the place of Mr. Upton, declared not entitled to a seat.

  People: Samuel C. Fessenden
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 10 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 10 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 10 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: It can be assumed from the swearing in of Mr. Casey that the credentials were accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 13 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 13 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 07 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 07 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 04 Mar 1861, 00:00
  Membership is dissolved.

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 14 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 14 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 14 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: We have inferred the creation and referral of this document from its being reported in the Senate. The date of its creation and referral are unknown, but we have chosen to model them on the day it is read in the Senate.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 15 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 15 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 07 Jul 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 07 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 Jul 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 03 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 03 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 15 May 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 15 May 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 29 May 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 29 May 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 29 May 1862, 12:00
  RESIGNATION OF A MEMBER. The SPEAKER, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following communication; which was read and laid on the table: Auburn, Maine, May 26, 1862. Dear Sir: Being about to accept and enter upon the duties of the office...

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Jul 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: We have inferred the creation and referral of this document from its being reported in the Senate. The date of its creation and referral are unknown, but we have chosen to model them on the day it is read in the Senate.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 12 Jul 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 12 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Jul 1862, 11:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Jul 1862, 11:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 24 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 24 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 25 Mar 1862, 00:00
  Credentials of Joseph Segar

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 18 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: On the Territories.--James M. Ashley, of Ohio; Charles H. Van Wyck, of New York; James A. Cravens, of Indiana; William Kellogg, of Illinois;...

  People: James M. Ashley
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 18 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: On the Territories.--James M. Ashley, of Ohio; Charles H. Van Wyck, of New York; James A. Cravens, of Indiana; William Kellogg, of Illinois;...

  People: Charles H. Van Wyck
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 18 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: On the Territories.--James M. Ashley, of Ohio; Charles H. Van Wyck, of New York; James A. Cravens, of Indiana; William Kellogg, of Illinois;...

  People: James A. Cravens
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 18 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: On the Territories.--James M. Ashley, of Ohio; Charles H. Van Wyck, of New York; James A. Cravens, of Indiana; William Kellogg, of Illinois;...

  People: William Kellogg
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 18 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: On the Territories.--James M. Ashley, of Ohio; Charles H. Van Wyck, of New York; James A. Cravens, of Indiana; William Kellogg, of Illinois;...

  People: Fernando C. Beaman
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 18 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: On the Territories.--James M. Ashley, of Ohio; Charles H. Van Wyck, of New York; James A. Cravens, of Indiana; William Kellogg, of Illinois;...

  People: A. Scott Sloan
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 18 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: On the Territories.--James M. Ashley, of Ohio; Charles H. Van Wyck, of New York; James A. Cravens, of Indiana; William Kellogg, of Illinois;...

  People: Goldsmith F. Bailey
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 18 Jul 1861, 00:00
  The Speaker announced that he had appointed the following standing committees for the present Congress, viz: On the Territories.--James M. Ashley, of Ohio; Charles H. Van Wyck, of New York; James A. Cravens, of Indiana; William Kellogg, of Illinois;...

  People: Aaron Harding
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives, Date: 13 Apr 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: Because we do not have the records of the Committee of Elections it is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the House records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 01 May 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 14 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [Editors' note: This motion is ignored.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 24 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 24 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 24 Apr 1862, 00:00
  EXCUSED FROM SERVICE ON COMMITTEE. The SPEAKER also laid before the House a letter from Mr. Bailey, of Massachusetts, asking to be excused from service on the Committee on Territories, owing to protracted ill health. The question was taken; and Mr....

  People: Goldsmith F. Bailey
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 May 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 May 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 06 May 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 06 May 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 06 May 1862, 12:00
  The Clerk read the resolution reported by the Committee of Elections, as follows: Resolved, That the Committee of Elections, to whom were referred the credentials of Joseph Segar, claiming a seat in this House as a Representative from the first...

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 08 May 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 08 May 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 May 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 May 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 May 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: Because Mr. Cox's amendment is tied to Mr. Lovejoy's motion, his amendment is dropped when Mr. Lovejoy's motion is dropped.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 12 May 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 12 May 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 May 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 May 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 May 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Territories of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  ...On Territories—Messrs. Wade, (chairman,) Wilkinson, Hale, Browning, Johnson of Tennessee, Carlile, and Pomeroy.

  People: Benjamin Wade
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Territories of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  ...On Territories—Messrs. Wade, (chairman,) Wilkinson, Hale, Browning, Johnson of Tennessee, Carlile, and Pomeroy.

  People: Morton S. Wilkinson
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Territories of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  ...On Territories—Messrs. Wade, (chairman,) Wilkinson, Hale, Browning, Johnson of Tennessee, Carlile, and Pomeroy.

  People: John P. Hale
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Territories of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  ...On Territories—Messrs. Wade, (chairman,) Wilkinson, Hale, Browning, Johnson of Tennessee, Carlile, and Pomeroy.

  People: Orville H. Browning
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Territories of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  ...On Territories—Messrs. Wade, (chairman,) Wilkinson, Hale, Browning, Johnson of Tennessee, Carlile, and Pomeroy.

  People: Andrew Johnson
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Territories of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  ...On Territories—Messrs. Wade, (chairman,) Wilkinson, Hale, Browning, Johnson of Tennessee, Carlile, and Pomeroy.

  People: John S. Carlile
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Territories of the Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1861, 00:00
  ...On Territories—Messrs. Wade, (chairman,) Wilkinson, Hale, Browning, Johnson of Tennessee, Carlile, and Pomeroy.

  People: Samuel C. Pomeroy
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 15 May 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 15 May 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 15 May 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 09 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: There is no record of John Logan's resignation in the House Journal or the Congressional Globe. According to a biography provided by the House of Representatives history website, Mr. Logan resigned on April 2, 1862, to enter the Union...

  People: John A. Logan
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 17 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 17 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 18 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 18 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 18 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: We have inferred the creation and referral of this document from its being reported in the Senate. The date of its creation and referral are unknown, but we have chosen to model them on the day it is read in the Senate.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 18 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 18 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 18 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 19 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 19 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 19 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 19 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 19 Jun 1862, 12:00
  It now becomes the duty of the Senate to appoint a President pro tempore to serve during the absence of the Vice President. [EDITOR'S NOTE: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 20 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 20 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 23 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 23 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 23 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, Date: 17 Dec 1861, 00:00
  Resolution Expelling Jesse D. Bright from His Seat in the Senate

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, Date: 12 Jan 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: Because we do not have the records of the Committee on the Judiciary it is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the Senate records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, Date: 12 Jan 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: Because we do not have the records of the Committee on the Judiciary it is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the Senate records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 13 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 13 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  People: Henry Wilson
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 05 Feb 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Resume Consideration of the Resolution Expelling Jesse Bright from the Senate

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 06 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 06 Jan 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 10 Jan 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 10 Jan 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, Date: 11 Jan 1862, 00:00
  Credentials of Benjamin Stark

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, Date: 06 Feb 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: Because we do not have the records of the Committee on the Judiciary it is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the Senate records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Feb 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Feb 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 18 Feb 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 18 Feb 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 26 Feb 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 26 Feb 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 27 Feb 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Consider the Resolution on the Case of Benjamin Stark

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 24 Dec 1860, 12:00
  WITHDRAWAL OF MEMBERS. The SPEAKER, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following communication; which was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed: Washington, December 21, 1860. SIR: We avail ourselves of the earliest opportunity,...

  People: William Porcher Miles
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 24 Dec 1860, 12:00
  WITHDRAWAL OF MEMBERS. The SPEAKER, by unanimous consent, laid before the House the following communication; which was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed: Washington, December 21, 1860. SIR: We avail ourselves of the earliest opportunity,...

  People: Lawrence M. Keitt
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 24 Feb 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 24 Feb 1862, 12:00
  [EDITOR’S NOTE: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 24 Feb 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 25 Feb 1862, 00:00
  S. 210

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The departure of the members from the States which seceded from the union are wrapped into the controversy of the constitutionality and validity of secession. Additionally, these responses are reflective of Congress' attempt to make...

  People: Jefferson Davis
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The departure of the members from the States which seceded from the union are wrapped into the controversy of the constitutionality and validity of secession. Additionally, these responses are reflective of Congress' attempt to make...

  People: Albert G. Brown
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The departure of the members from the States which seceded from the union are wrapped into the controversy of the constitutionality and validity of secession. Additionally, these responses are reflective of Congress' attempt to make...

  People: Stephen R. Mallory
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The departure of the members from the States which seceded from the union are wrapped into the controversy of the constitutionality and validity of secession. Additionally, these responses are reflective of Congress' attempt to make...

  People: David L. Yulee
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The departure of the members from the States which seceded from the union are wrapped into the controversy of the constitutionality and validity of secession. Additionally, these responses are reflective of Congress' attempt to make...

  People: Clement C. Clay
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The departure of the members from the States which seceded from the union are wrapped into the controversy of the constitutionality and validity of secession. Additionally, these responses are reflective of Congress' attempt to make...

  People: Benjamin Fitzpatrick
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 18 Dec 1860, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: Andrew Johnson yields the floor and Mr. Hale speaks on S. No. 50.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 11 Dec 1860, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: As a result of the approval of the resolution submitted by Mr. Bragg, the Chaplain is elected.]

  People: Rev. Phineas D. Gurley
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 17 Dec 1860, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 Dec 1860, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This question of order is not acknowledged.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 20 Dec 1860, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The appointment was recieved.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Special Committee of Thirteen on the Condition of the Country, Date: 28 Dec 1860, 10:00
  The committee of thirteen, appointed by order of the Senate, of the 20th instant, have agreed upon the following resolution, and report the same to the Senate: Resolved, That the committee have not been able to agree upon any general plan of...

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 03 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: Partially suggested by Mr. Crittenden's submission of a resolution mirroring S. No. 50 and although it was moved that S. No. 50 be postponed until January 2nd, the Joint Resolution is never taken back up and dies.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 03 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The Senate does not acknowledge the Motion to Amend Motion to Adjourn and Motion for Division.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 03 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The Senate does not acknowledge the Motion to Amend Motion to Adjourn and Motion for Division.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 17 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Hamlin's letter of resignation, according to the text, was to take effect on the 17th.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 17 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Hamlin's letter of resignation, according to the text, was to take effect on the 17th.]

  People: Hannibal Hamlin
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 04 Mar 1861, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This day is the end of the Second Session of the 36th Congress. The Committee is dissolved.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: James Harlan
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: Andrew Johnson
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: John R. Thomson
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: William M. Gwin
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: Morton S. Wilkinson
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: Alfred Iverson
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: George E. Pugh
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: John Slidell
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: Edward D. Baker
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: Judah P. Benjamin
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: William K. Sebastian
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: Robert W. Johnson
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: Robert Toombs
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: Stephen R. Mallory
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This Senator arrives in Senate after the first day of business, but is modeled here as entering this day for the purpose of setting the Committee membership.]

  People: Clement C. Clay
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: S. No. 54 is subsequently taken up in the Committee of the Whole. It is referred here to enable the model.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 10 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The next instance in which S. No. 54 is brought up is in Senate.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 11 Jan 1861, 12:00
  S. No. 54

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 11 Jan 1861, 12:00
  Motion to Adjourn

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 11 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The next instance in which S. No. 54 is discussed is within the Committee of the Whole.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 28 Jan 1861, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The departure of the members from the States which seceded from the union are wrapped into the controversy of the constitutionality and validity of secession. Additionally, these responses are reflective of Congress' attempt to make...

  People: Alfred Iverson
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 28 Jan 1861, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The message was received by the Senate.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 28 Feb 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The message was received.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 15 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: For the purpose of including in the model events which take place in the Senate regarding the decision to take up this resolution in the Committee of the Whole, it is being referred as an editorial decision.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 10 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This amendment is not considered or acknowledged by further proceedings.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 16 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: For the purpose of including proceedings in which the Senate debates whether or not to take up the S. No. 54 in the Committee of the Whole, the resolution is being modeled as if it were referred by editorial decision.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 18 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: For the purpose of including proceedings in which the Senate debates whether or not to take up the S. No. 54 in the Committee of the Whole, the resolution is being modeled as if it were referred by editorial decision.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 21 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: Mr. Hale does not intercept Mr. Cameron, and although he never explicitly yields, Mr. Cameron carries on.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 21 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This motion is not considered by the Senate and is essentially null.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 21 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: For the purpose of including proceedings in which the Senate debates whether or not to take up the S. No. 54 in the Committee of the Whole, the resolution is being modeled as if it were referred by editorial decision.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 23 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: For the purpose of including proceedings in which the Senate debates whether or not to take up the S. No. 54 in the Committee of the Whole, the resolution is being modeled as if it were referred by editorial decision.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 22 Feb 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: For the purpose of including proceedings in which the Senate debates whether or not to take up the S. No. 54 in the Committee of the Whole, the resolution is being modeled as if it were referred by editorial decision.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Select Committee of Thirty-Three of the House of Representatives, Date: 12 Jan 1861, 12:00
  H. Res. 80

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Select Committee of Thirty-Three of the House of Representatives, Date: 12 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: It is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the House records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Select Committee of Thirty-Three of the House of Representatives, Date: 12 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: It is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the House records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 21 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [Editors' note: This question of order is never decided on.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 29 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [Editors' note: This motion is never entered due to decision of the Chair.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 29 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [Editors' note: This motion is never decided upon or acknowledged.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 08 Feb 1861, 12:00
  [Editors' note: Although it is not entirely clear that the motion was adopted by unanimous consent, it is treated as such by the House.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 25 Feb 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The motion for the yeas and nays is also dropped in consequence of the original motion being made out of order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 25 Feb 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The call for the previous question is not acted upon.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 26 Feb 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: These motions intended to fillibuster were lost in the procedure.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 28 Feb 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: It's not clear in the record exactly how, but this motion from the day before seems not to be entered.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 28 Feb 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This referral is for the purpose of copying this document into the other house.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 05 Feb 1861, 12:00
  [Editors' note: Although he does not speak, Thomas G. Davidson also withdraws. Unlike other States, Louisiana does not send a signed letter to congress, making the departure of some members nebulous. The departure of the members from the States which...

  People: Thomas G. Davidson
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 05 Feb 1861, 12:00
  [Editors' note: Although he does not speak, John M. Landrum also withdraws. Unlike other States, Louisiana does not send a signed letter to congress, making the departure of some members nebulous. The departure of the members from the States which...

  People: John M. Landrum
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 01 Mar 1861, 11:00
  Engrossment of H. R. 1009

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 01 Mar 1861, 11:00
  Engrossment of H. R. 1100

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 27 Feb 1861, 12:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This referral is for the purpose of copying this document into the other house.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 01 Mar 1861, 11:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This referral is for the purpose of copying this document into the other house.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 02 Mar 1861, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: It's not clear what happens to the motion of Mr. Wigfall.

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Mar 1861, 07:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This question was not put to the House.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Mar 1861, 07:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This motion is not entertained likely due to to the question of order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 03 Mar 1861, 07:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This motion is not entertained.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: President of the United States, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
  [Editors' note: The creation of this committee is for the purpose of illustrating the path which documents take when signed by the President of the United States.]

  People: James Buchanan
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 27 Feb 1861, 12:00
  H. Res. 64: Amendment

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Select Committee of Thirty-Three of the House of Representatives, Date: 04 Dec 1860, 12:00
  The President's Annual Message

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 04 Feb 1861, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The departure of the members from the States which seceded from the union are wrapped into the controversy of the constitutionality and validity of secession. Additionally, these responses are reflective of Congress' attempt to make...

  People: John Slidell
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 04 Feb 1861, 00:00
  [EDITOR'S NOTE: The departure of the members from the States which seceded from the union are wrapped into the controversy of the constitutionality and validity of secession. Additionally, these responses are reflective of Congress' attempt to make...

  People: Judah P. Benjamin
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 Jan 1861, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Speaker called the House to order, but because the House proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the House has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 21 Dec 1861, 00:00
  S. 108

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 12 Feb 1862, 00:00
  S. 108: First Committee Amendment

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 12 Feb 1862, 00:00
  S. 108: Second Committee Amendment

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 27 Feb 1861, 12:00
  Question recurred upon ordering the first series of resolutions reported from the committee of thirty-three to be engrossed, and read a third time. The resolutions are as follows: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the...

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 12 Feb 1862, 00:00
  S. 108: Third Committee Amendment

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 12 Feb 1862, 00:00
  S. 108: Fourth Committee Amendment

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 12 Feb 1862, 00:00
  Motion to Report S. 108 as Amended

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 12 Feb 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: Because we do not have the records of the Committee on the District of Columbia it is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the Senate records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 18 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 18 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 18 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 19 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 19 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 19 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 20 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 20 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 20 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 21 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 21 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 21 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 21 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The mover can modify the proposition without a vote needing to be taken on the modification as long as the original proposition has not been acted upon. Therefore, we can assume that Mr. Doolittle's modification of his amendment was agreed to.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 24 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 24 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 24 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 25 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 25 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The records do not indicate that the Vice President or Presiding Chair called the Senate to order, but because the Senate proceeds to conduct business we can assume that procedurally the Senate has been called to order.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 25 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 26 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 26 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 31 Mar 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 31 Mar 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 01 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 01 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 02 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 02 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 03 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 03 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Separate Amendments

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 03 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The amendments adopted in Committee of the Whole will be voted on again in the Senate. We have added these sub-decisions to separate the amendments from the document so that we can model this process.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Special Committee of Thirteen on the Condition of the Country, Date: 22 Dec 1860, 10:00
  [Editors' Note: Mr. Steward is recorded to enter the Committee on December 24th. However, it is decided that his vote be recorded. In order to include Mr. Seward within the roll call, it is necessary to model him entering the committee. Readers should...

  People: William H. Seward
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 10 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 10 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The House proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Apr 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The House proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union of the House of Representatives, Date: 11 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The House conducts business while in the House. The proceedings have been modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The House proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union of the House of Representatives, Date: 11 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The House conducts business while in the House. The proceedings have been modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The House proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union of the House of Representatives, Date: 11 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The House conducts business while in the House. The proceedings have been modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The House proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union of the House of Representatives, Date: 11 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The House conducts business while in the House. The proceedings have been modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 02 May 1862, 00:00
  H. R. 374: Committee Amendment to the Title

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The House proceeds to consider S. 108 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: S. 108 was then sent to the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills to be checked for errors.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 14 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Enrolled Bills, Date: 11 Apr 1862, 00:00
  S. 108

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Enrolled Bills, Date: 14 Apr 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: S. 108 was then returned to the House to be signed by the Speaker.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 14 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: S. 108 was then sent to the Senate to be signed by the President pro tempore.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 15 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 15 Apr 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: President of the United States, Date: 16 Apr 1862, 00:00
  Abraham Lincoln - President of the United States (1861-1865)

  People: Abraham Lincoln
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee for the District of Columbia of the House of Representatives, Date: 17 Apr 1862, 00:00
  Message on the Approval of S. 108

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: President of the United States, Date: 16 Apr 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: The President's message to the House and Senate indicates his approval of the bill. Therefore, we have modeled the bill as being adopted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 13 Jun 1862, 00:00
  S. 351

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 23 Jun 1862, 00:00
  S. 351: First Committee Amendment

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Jul 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider S. 351 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 23 Jun 1862, 00:00
  S. 351: Second Committee Amendment

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 23 Jun 1862, 00:00
  S. 351: Third Committee Amendment

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 23 Jun 1862, 00:00
  S. 351: Fourth Committee Amendment

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 23 Jun 1862, 00:00
  S. 351: Fifth Committee Amendment

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the District of Columbia of the Senate, Date: 23 Jun 1862, 00:00
  Motion to Report S. 351 as Amended by the Committee

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 07 Jul 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Separate Amendments

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 07 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The amendment adopted in Committee of the Whole will be voted on again in the Senate. We have added this sub-decision to separate the amendment from the document so that we can model this process.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: S. 351 was then sent to the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills to be checked for errors.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 10 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Enrolled Bills, Date: 09 Jul 1862, 00:00
  S. 351

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Enrolled Bills, Date: 11 Jul 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: S. 351 was then returned to the House to be signed by the Speaker.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: S. 351 was then sent to the Senate to be signed by the President pro tempore.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 12 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: President of the United States, Date: 14 Jul 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: The President's message to the House indicates his approval of the bill. Therefore, we have modeled the bill as being adopted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: President of the United States, Date: 14 Jul 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: We have inferred the creation and referral of this document from its being reported in the House and Senate. The date of its creation and referral are unknown, but we have chosen to model them on the day it is read in the House and Senate.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Jul 1862, 11:00
  [Editors' note: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 14 Jul 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 25 Mar 1862, 00:00
  H. R. 374

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 30 Apr 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: Because we do not have the records of the Committee of Territories it is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the House records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 30 Apr 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: Because we do not have the records of the Committee of Territories it is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the House records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 02 May 1862, 00:00
  H. R. 374

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 07 May 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: Because we do not have the records of the Committee on the Territories it is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the House records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on the Territories of the House of Representatives, Date: 07 May 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: Because we do not have the records of the Committee on the Territories it is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the House records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 08 May 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The amendment made to the title is treated as if it was adopted, although it was never explicitly adopted in the record.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 12 May 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The mover can modify the proposition without a vote needing to be taken on the modification as long as the original proposition has not been acted upon. Therefore, we can assume that Mr. Lovejoy's modification of his amendment was agreed to.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 12 May 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The bill is sent to the House for concurrence. In order to maintain continuity in the model, we have modeled the bill as being referred.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Territories of the Senate, Date: 13 May 1862, 00:00
  H. R. 374

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Territories of the Senate, Date: 14 May 1862, 00:00
  H. R. 374: Committee Amendment

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Territories of the Senate, Date: 14 May 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: Because we do not have the records of the Committee on Territories it is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the Senate records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Territories of the Senate, Date: 14 May 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: Because we do not have the records of the Committee on Territories it is not clear when the committee refers this document. However, we have modeled it as leaving the committee the day before it is received in the Senate records.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 09 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Call to Order

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 09 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The Senate proceeds to consider H. R. 374 in Committee of the Whole. The proceedings are modeled in that committee.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Separate the Amendment

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 09 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The amendment adopted in Committee of the Whole will be voted on again in the Senate. We have added this sub-decision to separate the amendment from the document so that we can model this process.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 09 Jun 1862, 12:00
  Motion to Separate the Amendment

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 09 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: The amendment adopted in Senate will be voted on again in the House. We have added this sub-decision to separate the amendment from the document so that we can model this process.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 17 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [Editor’s note: We can assume that the bill, as amended, was also adopted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 18 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 17 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: H. R. 374 was then sent to the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills to be checked for errors.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Enrolled Bills, Date: 17 Jun 1862, 00:00
  H. R. 374

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Committee on Enrolled Bills, Date: 18 Jun 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: H. R. 374 was then returned to the House to be signed by the Speaker.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 18 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: H. R. 374 was then sent to the Senate to be signed by the President pro tempore.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 19 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 19 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: President of the United States, Date: 20 Jun 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: The President's message to the House indicates his approval of the bill. Therefore, we have modeled the bill as being adopted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: President of the United States, Date: 20 Jun 1862, 00:00
  [Editors' note: We have inferred the creation and referral of this document from its being reported in the House and Senate. The date of its creation and referral are unknown, but we have chosen to model them on the day it is read in the House and Senate.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 20 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 23 Jun 1862, 12:00
  [Editors' note: It can be assumed from its reading that the message was accepted.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Special Committee of Five, Date: 27 Feb 1861, 00:00
  Appointment of the Committee of Five

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Special Committee of Five, Date: 27 Feb 1861, 00:00
  Motion to Refer Message from the President of the Peace Convention

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Special Committee of Five, Date: 27 Feb 1861, 00:00
  S. No. 70

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 28 Feb 1861, 12:00
  [Editors' Note: This amendment is taken up in the Committee of the Whole on March 1st, 1861.]

  
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Feb 1861, 12:00
  Resolution that Neither the People or the Government have a Right to Legislate Upon Slavery in any of the States of the Union

  People: James B. McKean
  
• The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Feb 1861, 12:00
  Resolution on the Dissenters to the Foregoing Propositions

  People: James B. McKean