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The Road to Civil War

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Journal of the Senate of the United States, Second Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress

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Journal of the Senate of the United States, December 3, 1860 to March 3, 1861.
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The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 05 Dec 1860, 12:00
The honorable George E. Pugh, from the State of Ohio, and the honorable John Slidell, from the State of Louisiana, attended.

People: James L. Pugh
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 05 Dec 1860, 12:00
The honorable George E. Pugh, from the State of Ohio, and the honorable John Slidell, from the State of Louisiana, attended.

People: John Slidell
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
Motion to Consider Senators Withdrawn

People: Judah P. Benjamin
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
Motion to Amend Motion to Consider Senators Withdrawn

People: Stephen A. Douglas
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
Motion to Lay Upon the Table

People: William H. Seward
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
Question of Order: Journal Correction

People: Judah P. Benjamin
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
The Vice-President decided that the motion was in order;
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
Motion for the Yeas and Nays on Motion to Lay Upon the Table
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present,
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 05 Dec 1860, 12:00
Credentials of Edward D. Baker

People: Milton S. Latham
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 05 Dec 1860, 12:00
The credentials were read; and the oath prescribed by law was administered to Mr. Baker, and he took his seat in the Senate.
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 05 Dec 1860, 12:00
The credentials were read; and the oath prescribed by law was administered to Mr. Baker, and he took his seat in the Senate.

People: Edward D. Baker
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
On the question to agree to the motion of Mr. Seward, It was determined in the affirmative, Yeas ... 32 Nays ... 22 On motion by Mr. Seward, The yeas and nays being desired by one fifth of the senators present, Those who voted in the affirmative...
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 05 Dec 1860, 12:00
Resolution on the Development of an Armed Police to Enforce Slavery

People: James S. Green
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 20 Dec 1860, 12:00
Appointment of the Committee of Thirteen

People: John C. Breckinridge
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 20 Dec 1860, 12:00
Motion to be Excused

People: Jefferson Davis
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 20 Dec 1860, 12:00
It was determined in the affirmative.
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 14 Jan 1861, 00:00
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the joint resolution (S. 54) proposing certain amendments to the Constitution of the United States; and,
The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 14 Jan 1861, 12:00
S. No. 54
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 18 Jan 1861, 12:00
The Senate resumed, as in Committee of the Whole, the consideration of the joint resolution (S. 54) proposing certain amendments to the Constitution of the United States; and,
The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 18 Jan 1861, 12:00
S. No. 54
The Road to Civil War, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole, Date: 21 Jan 1861, 12:00
S. No. 54
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 22 Jan 1861, 12:00
H. Res. 64: Mr. Clemens' Amendment

People: Sherrard Clemens
The Road to Civil War, Committee: President of the United States, Date: 28 Jan 1861, 00:00
A message in writing having been received from the President of the United States,
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 28 Jan 1861, 00:00
Message from the President: Peace Convention and Virginia Resolutions
The Road to Civil War, Committee: President of the United States, Date: 28 Jan 1861, 00:00
Message from the President: Peace Convention and Virginia Resolutions

People: James Buchanan
The Road to Civil War, Committee: President of the United States, Date: 03 Dec 1860, 00:00
The President's Annual Message

People: James Buchanan
The Road to Civil War, Committee: The Senate, Date: 04 Dec 1860, 12:00
The President's Annual Message