37th United States Congress

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37th United States Congress
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March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1863
Senate President Hannibal Hamlin (R)
Senate Pres. pro tem Solomon Foot (R)
House Speaker Galusha A. Grow (R)
Members 50 senators
183 representatives
7 non-voting delegates
Senate Majority Republican
House Majority Republican
Sessions
Special: March 4, 1861 – March 28, 1861
1st: July 4, 1861 – August 6, 1861
2nd: December 2, 1861 – July 17, 1862
3rd: December 1, 1862 – March 3, 1863

The Thirty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1861, to March 4, 1863, during the first two years of Abraham Lincoln's presidency.[1] The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850. Both chambers had a Republican majority.

Contents

Major events[edit]

Main articles: 1861 in the United States, 1862 in the United States, and 1863 in the United States

Two special sessions[edit]

The Senate, a continuing body, was called into special session by President Buchanan, meeting in March 4 to March 28, 1861.[1] The border states and Texas were still represented. Shortly after the Senate session adjourned, Fort Sumter was attacked. The immediate results were to draw four additional states[13] "into the confederacy with their more Southern sisters", and Lincoln called Congress into extraordinary session on July 4, 1861. The Senate confirmed calling forth troops and raising money to suppress rebellion as authorized in the Constitution.[14]

Both Houses then duly met July 4, 1861. Seven states which would send representatives held their state elections for Representative over the months of May to June 1861.[15] Members taking their seats had been elected before the secession crisis, during the formation of the Confederate government, and after Fort Sumter.[10]

Once assembled with a quorum in the House, Congress approved Lincoln's war powers innovations as necessary to preserve the Union.[16] Following the July Federal defeat at First Manassas, the Crittenden Resolution[17] asserted the reason for "the present deplorable civil war." It was meant as an address to the nation, especially to the Border States at a time of U.S. military reverses, when the war support in border state populations was virtually the only thing keeping them in the Union.[18]

Following resignations and expulsions occasioned by the outbreak of the Civil War, five states had some degree of dual representation in the U.S and the C.S. Congresses. Congress accredited Members elected running in these five as Unionist (19), Democratic (6), Constitutional Unionist (1) and Republican (1). All ten Kentucky and all seven Missouri representatives were accepted. The other three states seated four of thirteen representatives from Virginia, three of ten Tennesseans, and two of four from Louisiana.[19]

The Crittenden Resolution declared the civil war "… has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of the southern States…" and it would be carried out for the supremacy of the Constitution and the preservation of the Union, and, that accomplished, "the war ought to cease". Democrats seized on this document, especially its assurances of no conquest or overthrowing domestic institutions (emancipation of slaves).[18]

Steps to emancipation - by Congress, Generals and Lincoln

Slaves and slavery[edit]

Congressional policy and military strategy were intertwined. In the first regular March session, Republicans superseded the Crittenden Resolution, removing the prohibition against emancipation of slaves.[18]

In South Carolina, Gen. David Hunter, issued a General Order in early May 1861 freeing all slaves in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. President Lincoln quickly rescinded the order, reserving this "supposed power" to his own discretion if it were indispensable to saving the Union.[20] Later in the same month without directly disobeying Lincoln's prohibition against emancipation, General Benjamin Butler at Fort Monroe Virginia declared slaves escaped into his lines as "contraband of war", that is, forfeit to their rebel owners.[21] On May 24, Congress followed General Butler's lead, and passed the First Confiscation Act in August, freeing slaves used for rebellion.[22]

In Missouri, John C. Frémont, the 1856 Republican nominee for President, exceeded his authority as a General, declaring that all slaves held by rebels within his military district would be freed.[22] Republican majorities in Congress responded on opening day of the December Session. Sen. Lyman Trumbull introduced a bill for confiscation of rebel property and emancipation for their slaves. "Acrimonious debate on confiscation proved a major preoccupation" of Congress.[18] On March 13, 1862, Congress directed the armies of the United States to stop enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act. The next month, the Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia with compensation for loyal citizens. An additional Confiscation Act in July declared free all slaves held by citizens in rebellion, but it had no practical effect without addressing where the act would take effect, or how ownership was to be proved.[23]

Lincoln's preliminary Emancipation Proclamation was issued September 22, 1862.[23] It became the principal issue before the public in the mid-term elections that year for the 38th Congress. But Republican majorities in both houses held (see 'Congress as a campaign machine' below), and the Republicans actually increased their majority in the Senate.[24]

On January 1, 1863, the war measure by executive proclamation directed the army and the navy to treat all escaped slaves as free when entering Union lines from territory still in rebellion. The measure would take effect when the escaped slave entered Union lines and loyalty of the previous owner was irrelevant.[25] Congress passed enabling legislation to carry out the Proclamation including "Freedman's Bureau" legislation.[26] The practical effect was a massive internal evacuation of Confederate slave labor, and augmenting Union Army teamsters, railroad crews and infantry for the duration of the Civil War.

Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War[edit]

Congress assumed watchdog responsibilities with this and other investigating committees.

The principle conflict between the president and congress was found in the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Eight thick volumes of testimony were filled with investigations of Union defeats and contractor scandals.

They were highly charged with partisan opinions "vehemently expressed" by chair Benjamin Wade of Ohio, Representative George Washington Julian of Indiana, and Zachariah Chandler of Michigan.[27]

Sen. Chandler, who had been one of McClellan's advocates promoting his spectacular rise,[28] particularly documented criticism of McClellan's Peninsular Campaign with its circuitous maneuvering, endless entrenchment and murderous camp diseases. It led to support for his dismissal.

A congressional committee could ruin a reputation, without itself having any military expertise. It would create the modern Congressional era in which generals fought wars with Congress looking over their shoulders, "and with public opinion following closely behind."[27]

Republican Platform goals[edit]

Republican majorities in both houses, apart from pro-union Democrats, and without vacant southern delegations, were able to enact their party platform. These included the Legal Tender Act, February 20, 1862, and increases in the tariff that amounted to protective tariffs. The Homestead Act, May 20, 1862, for government lands, and the Morrill Land Grant Act, July 2, 1862, for universities promoting practical arts in agriculture and mining, had no immediate war purpose. But they would have long range effects, as would the Pacific Railroad Act, July 1, 1862, for a transcontinental railroad.[29]

Treasury innovations were driven by Secretary Salmon P. Chase and necessity of war. The Income Tax of 1861, numerous taxes on consumer goods such as whiskey, and a national currency all began in Civil War Congresses.[29]

Congress as election machinery[edit]

Speeches postage-free to District 1960, signature in upper right like 1863.

Member's floor speeches were not meant to be persuasive, but for publication in partisan newspapers. The real audience was the constituents back home. Congressional caucuses organized and funded political campaigns, publishing pamphlet versions of speeches and circulating them by the thousands free of postage on the member's franking privilege. Party congressional committees stayed in Washington during national campaigns, keeping an open flow of subsidized literature pouring back into the home districts.[30]

Nevertheless, like other Congresses in the 1850s and 1860s, this Congress would see less than half of its membership reelected.[31] The characteristic turmoil found in the "3rd Party Period, 1855-1896" stirred political party realignment in the North even in the midst of civil war. In this Congress, failure to gain nomination and loss at the general election together accounted for a Membership turnover of 25%.[32]

This Congress in the generations cycle[edit]

Rep. Thaddeus Stevens, a "transcendental" idealist

This first Civil War Congress was one of the last with a plurality of members drawn from the "Transcendental" generation born between 1792 and 1821.[33] They accounted for 87% of the national leadership, with 12% from the upcoming Gilded Age, and only 1% from the older Compromise Generation.[34] As an age cohort, they were idealistic and exalted "inner truth" on both sides of the Civil War, with neither side prepared to compromise its principles. Those few Compromisers left with a voice were pushed to the side. Representative Thaddeus Stevens was typical of his Transcendentalist generations northern expression: "Instruments of war are not selected on account of their harmlessness ... lay waste to the whole South."[35]

Major legislation[edit]

Main article: Major legislation: 37th United States Congress
Transcontinental Railroad, by Act of Congress, July 1, 1861
Greenback Dollar featuring U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Salmon Chase, "Act of July 11, 1862"

States admitted and seceded and territories organized[edit]

States admitted[edit]

  • December 31, 1862: West Virginia admitted, Sess. 3, ch. 6, 12 Stat. 633, pending a presidential proclamation. (It became a state on June 20, 1863)

Territories organized or changed[edit]

Rebellion[edit]

Main article: Secession in the United States
See also: Confederate States of America

Congress did not accept secession. Most of the Representatives and Senators from states that attempted to secede left Congress; those who took part in the rebellion were expelled.

  • Secessions declared during previous Congress: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
    • Louisiana Congressional Districts LA 1 and 2, two of its four representatives remained seated in the 37th Congress.[36]
  • Secessions declared during this Congress:

Although secessionist factions passed resolutions of secession in Missouri October 31, 1861,[42] and in Kentucky November 20, 1861,[43] their state delegations in the U.S. Congress remained in place, seven from Missouri and ten from Kentucky.[36] Exile state governments resided with Confederate armies out-of-state, army-elected congressional representatives served as a solid pro-Jefferson Davis administration voting bloc in the Confederate Congress.[44]

Party summary[edit]

Senate[edit]

Senate at the beginning of the Congress
Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Democratic
(D) 		Republican
(R)		Unionist
(U)		Other
(O)
End of the previous congress 25 26 0 (American)
2 		53 15
Begin 22 29 1 0 52 16
End 12 30 7 4919
Final voting share 24.5% 61.2% 14.3% 0.0%
Beginning of the next congress 10 31 4 3
(Unconditional
Unionist) 		48 20

House of Representatives[edit]

House of Representatives at the beginning of Congress
Party
(shading shows control) 		Total Vacant
Constitutional
Unionist
(CU) 		Democratic
(D)		Independent
Democratic
(ID)		Republican
(R)		Unionist
(U)		Other
End of the previous congress 0 6 56 116 0 32 210 29
Begin 2 44 1 107 23 0 177 63
End 1 45 106 30 18357
Final voting share 0.5% 24.6% 0.5% 57.9% 16.4% 0.0%
Beginning of the next congress 0 72 0 85 9 14 180 61

Leadership[edit]

Senate[edit]

President of the Senate Hannibal Hamlin

House of Representatives[edit]

Members[edit]

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and Representatives by district.

Skip to House of Representatives, below

Senate[edit]

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, facing re-election in 1862; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, facing re-election in 1864; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, facing re-election in 1866.

House of Representatives[edit]

Members of the House of Representatives are listed by their districts.

Changes in membership[edit]

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of this Congress.

Senate[edit]

See also: List of special elections to the United States Senate
State
(class) 		Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation
Missouri (3) Vacant Did not take seat until after Congress commenced. Waldo P. Johnson (D) March 17, 1861
Kansas (2) Vacant Election not recognized by US Senate. James H. Lane (R) April 4, 1861
Kansas (3) Vacant Election not recognized by the Senate. Samuel C. Pomeroy (R) April 4, 1861
Pennsylvania (1) Simon Cameron (R) Resigned March 4, 1861, to become Secretary of War.
Successor was elected. 		David Wilmot (R) March 14, 1861
North Carolina (2) Thomas Bragg (D) Withdrew[46] March 6, 1861; expelled later in 1861. Vacant thereafter
Ohio (3) Salmon P. Chase (R) Resigned March 7, 1861, to become Secretary of the Treasury.
Successor was elected. 		John Sherman (R) March 21, 1861
Texas (1) Louis T. Wigfall (D) Withdrew March 23, 1861. Vacant thereafter
North Carolina (3) Thomas L. Clingman (D) Withdrew[46] March 28, 1861; expelled later in 1861. Vacant thereafter
Virginia (2) Robert M. T. Hunter (D) Withdrew[46] March 28, 1861, and later expelled for support of the rebellion.
Successor was elected. 		John S. Carlile (U) July 9, 1861
Virginia (1) James M. Mason (D) Expelled March 28, 1861, for supporting the rebellion.
Successor was elected. 		Waitman T. Willey (U) July 9, 1861
Illinois (2) Stephen A. Douglas (D) Died June 3, 1861.
Successor was appointed. 		Orville H. Browning (R) June 26, 1861
Texas (2) John Hemphill (D) Expelled sometime in July 1861. Vacant thereafter
Illinois (2) Orville H. Browning (R) Interim appointee lost election to finish the term.
Successor elected January 12, 1863. 		William A. Richardson (D) January 30, 1863
Arkansas (2) William K. Sebastian (D) Expelled July 11, 1861. Vacant thereafter
Arkansas (3) Charles B. Mitchel (D) Expelled July 11, 1861. Vacant thereafter
Michigan (2) Kinsley S. Bingham (R) Died October 5, 1861.
Successor was elected. 		Jacob M. Howard (R) January 17, 1862
Oregon (2) Edward D. Baker (R) Killed at Battle of Ball's Bluff October 21, 1861.
Successor was appointed. 		Benjamin Stark (D) October 29, 1861
Kentucky (3) John C. Breckinridge (D) Expelled December 4, 1861, for supporting the rebellion.
Successor was elected. 		Garrett Davis (U) December 23, 1861
Missouri (1) Trusten Polk (D) Expelled January 10, 1862, for supporting the rebellion.
Successor was appointed. 		John B. Henderson (U) January 17, 1862
Missouri (3) Waldo P. Johnson (D) Expelled January 10, 1862, for disloyalty to the government.
Successor was appointed. 		Robert Wilson (U) January 17, 1862
Indiana (1) Jesse D. Bright (D) Expelled February 5, 1862, on charges of disloyalty.
Successor was appointed. 		Joseph A. Wright (U) February 24, 1862
Tennessee (1) Andrew Johnson (D) Resigned March 4, 1862. Vacant thereafter
Rhode Island (1) James F. Simmons (R) Resigned August 15, 1862.
Successor was elected. 		Samuel G. Arnold (R) December 1, 1862
New Jersey (1) John R. Thomson (D) Died September 12, 1862.
Successor was appointed. 		Richard S. Field (R) November 21, 1862
Oregon (2) Benjamin Stark (D) Retired September 12, 1862, upon election of a successor. Benjamin F. Harding (D) September 12, 1862
Maryland (3) James Pearce (D) Died December 20, 1862.
Successor was appointed. 		Thomas H. Hicks (U) December 29, 1862
Indiana (1) Joseph A. Wright (U) Retired January 14, 1863, upon election of a successor. David Turpie (D) January 14, 1863
New Jersey (1) Richard S. Field (R) Retired January 14, 1863, upon election of a successor. James W. Wall (D) January 14, 1863

House of Representatives[edit]

See also: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives
District Vacator Reason for change Successor Date of successor's
formal installation
Colorado Territory At-large New seat. Hiram P. Bennett (Conservative R) August 19, 1861
Nevada Territory At-large New seat. John Cradlebaugh (I) December 2, 1861
Dakota Territory At-large New seat. John B. S. Todd (D) December 9, 1861
Louisiana 1st Vacant. Benjamin F. Flanders (U) December 3, 1862
Louisiana 2nd Vacant. Michael Hahn (U) December 3, 1862
Tennessee 3rd Vacant Representative-elect George W. Bridges was arrested by Confederate troops while en route to Washington, D.C. and held prisoner before he escaped. George W. Bridges (U) February 25, 1863
Virginia 1st Vacant. Joseph E. Segar (U) May 6, 1862[45]
California At-large Vacant Low not permitted to take seat, qualified later under special act of Congress, 12 Stat. 411 Frederick F. Low (R) June 3, 1862
Virginia 7th Vacant. Charles H. Upton (U) July 4, 1861[45]
Ohio 7th Thomas Corwin (R) Resigned March 12, 1861, to become Minister to Mexico. Richard A. Harrison (U) July 4, 1861
Ohio 13th John Sherman (R) Resigned March 12, 1861, when elected U.S. Senator. Samuel T. Worcester (R) July 4, 1861
Pennsylvania 12th George W. Scranton (R) Died March 24, 1861. Hendrick B. Wright (D) July 4, 1861
Massachusetts 3rd Charles F. Adams, Sr. (R) Resigned May 1, 1861, to become Ambassador to Great Britain. Benjamin Thomas (U) June 11, 1861
Pennsylvania 2nd Edward Joy Morris (R) Resigned June 8, 1861, to become Minister Resident to Turkey. Charles J. Biddle (D) July 2, 1861
Virginia 11th John S. Carlile (U) Resigned July 9, 1861, to become United States Senator from the loyal faction of Virginia. Jacob B. Blair (U) December 2, 1861
Missouri 3rd John B. Clark (D) Expelled July 13, 1861, for having taken up arms against the Union. William A. Hall (D) January 20, 1862
Oregon At-large Andrew J. Thayer (D) Election was successfully contested July 30, 1861. George K. Shiel (D) July 30, 1861
Missouri 5th John W. Reid (D) Withdrew August 3, 1861, and then expelled December 2, 1861, for having taken up arms against the Union. Thomas L. Price (D) January 21, 1862
Iowa 1st Samuel Curtis (R) Resigned August 4, 1861, to become colonel of the 2nd Iowa Infantry. James F. Wilson (R) October 8, 1861
Massachusetts 5th William Appleton (CU) Resigned September 27, 1861, due to failing health. Samuel Hooper (R) December 2, 1861
Illinois 6th John A. McClernand (D) Resigned October 28, 1861, to accept a commission as brigadier general of volunteers for service in the Civil War. Anthony L. Knapp (D) December 12, 1861
Kentucky 1st Henry C. Burnett (D) Expelled December 3, 1861, for support of secession. Samuel L. Casey (U) March 10, 1862
Kentucky 2nd James S. Jackson (U) Resigned December 13, 1861, to enter the Union Army. George H. Yeaman (U) December 1, 1862
Virginia 7th Charles H. Upton (U) Declared not entitled to seat February 27, 1862. Lewis McKenzie (U) February 16, 1863
Illinois 9th John A. Logan (D) Resigned April 2, 1862, to enter the Union Army. William J. Allen (D) June 2, 1862
Pennsylvania 7th Thomas B. Cooper (D) Died April 4, 1862. John D. Stiles (D) June 3, 1862
Massachusetts 9th Goldsmith F. Bailey (R) Died May 8, 1862. Amasa Walker (R) December 1, 1862
Maine 2nd Charles W. Walton (R) Resigned May 26, 1862, to become associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Thomas A. D. Fessenden (R) December 1, 1862
Wisconsin 2nd Luther Hanchett (R) Died November 24, 1862. Walter D. McIndoe (R) January 26, 1863
Illinois 5th William A. Richardson (D) Resigned January 29, 1863, after being elected to the U.S. Senate. Vacant thereafter

Committees[edit]

Senate[edit]

See also: List of United States Senate committees and List of defunct United States congressional committees

Standing committees of the Senate resolved, Friday, March 8, 1861[47]

House of Representatives[edit]

Members by committee assignments, Congressional Globe, as published July 8, 1861[48] Spellings conform to those found in the Congressional Biographical Dictionary.

Unless otherwise noted, all committees listed are Standing, as found at the Library of Congress[49]

See also: List of United States House of Representatives committees and List of defunct United States congressional committees

Joint committees[edit]

Enrolled Bills[edit]

Library[edit]

Caucuses[edit]

Employees[edit]

Senate[edit]

House of Representatives[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress (1774-2005) found online at Congress Profiles: 37th Congress (1861-1863) viewed October 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Martis, Kenneth C. 1989. p. 115
  3. ^ Martis, Kenneth C. "The historical atlas of the Congresses of the Confederate States of America: 1861-1865" 1994 ISBN 0-13-389115-1, p. 32.
  4. ^ Heidler, D.S.; Heidler, J.T.; Coles, D.J. (2000). Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social and Military History. p. 441. ISBN 0-393-04758-X.
  5. ^ "The White House Historical Association, "The Great Cause of Union" search on 'habeas corpus'".
  6. ^ "Ordinance of Secession of Arkansas". Csawardept.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  7. ^ a b c d Hart, Albert Bushnell; Channing, Edward, eds. (November 1893). Ordinances of Secession and Other Documents. 1860-1861. American History Leaflets Colonial and Constitutional. 12. New York: A. Lovell & Company. OCLC 7759360. Archived from the original on 2008-04-13. Retrieved 2017-11-15.
  8. ^ "Ordinance of Secession of North Carolina". Csawardept.com. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  9. ^ "Ordinance of Secession of Virginia". Csawardept.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  10. ^ a b c Martis, Kenneth C.; et al. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. ISBN 0-02-920170-5.
  11. ^ "Ordinance of Secession of Tennessee". Csawardept.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  12. ^ Martis, Kenneth C., p. 115, 117.
  13. ^ Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas
  14. ^ Excerpt from Isaac Bassett's Memoir re-published on the U.S. Senate webpage
  15. ^ McPherson, James M. (2008). Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief. The Penguin Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-59420-191-2.
  16. ^ Neely, Mark E., Jr., "Chapter 12. The Civil War" in "The American Congress: the building of a democracy", Julian E. Zelizer, ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004, ISBN 0-618-17906-2, p. 208
  17. ^ Congressional Globe, 37 Cong. 1 sess. p. 233
  18. ^ a b c d Neely, p. 210
  19. ^ Martis, p.115
  20. ^ "Presidential Proclamation May 19, 1862", Abraham Lincoln's response to General Hunter's General Order Number Eleven. abolition was to be outside the police functions of field commanders.
  21. ^ New York Times: "How Slavery Really Ended in America" Viewed November 9, 2011.
  22. ^ a b McPherson, p. 57-58
  23. ^ a b Neely, p. 214
  24. ^ McPherson, p. 142
  25. ^ www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/transcript.html
  26. ^ Blaine, James G. "Memoir re-published on the National Archives webpage".
  27. ^ a b Neely, p. 212-213
  28. ^ McPherson, p. 76
  29. ^ a b Neely, p. 211
  30. ^ Neely, p. 213
  31. ^ Erickson, Stephen C. (Winter 1995). "The Entrenching of Incumbency: Reelections in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1790-1994". The Cato Journal. Archived from the original on June 23, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  32. ^ Swain, John W., et al., "A New Look at Turnover in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1789-1998", American Politics Research 2000, (28:435), p. 444, 452.
  33. ^ Strauss, William; Howe, Neil (1991). Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584-2069. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc. p. 196. ISBN 0-688-08133-9.
  34. ^ Straus, p. 462
  35. ^ Straus, p. 182
  36. ^ a b c d Martis, Kenneth C., "The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress: 1789-1989" ISBN 0-02-920170-5. p. 114.
  37. ^ The text of Virginia's Ordinance of Secession.
  38. ^ The text of Arkansas's Ordinance of Secession.
  39. ^ The text of North Carolina's Ordinance of Secession.
  40. ^ The text of Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession.
  41. ^ The Tennessee legislature ratified an agreement to enter a military league with the Confederate States on May 7, 1861. Tennessee voters approved the agreement on June 8, 1861.
  42. ^ Missouri Ordinance of Secession Archived 2004-06-11 at the Wayback Machine.
  43. ^ Kentucky Ordinance of Secession Archived 2004-06-11 at the Wayback Machine.
  44. ^ Martis, Kenneth C., "The historical atlas of the Congresses of the Confederate States of America: 1861-1865", ISBN 0-13-389115-1, p.92-93.
  45. ^ a b c d e Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, (1774–2005), "Official Annotated Membership Roster by State with Vacancy and Special Election Information for the 37th Congress Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.".
  46. ^ a b c Withdrawal" meant that these senators announced they were withdrawing from the Senate due to their states' decisions to secede from the Union. Their seats were later declared vacant by the Senate, but some seats were actually unfilled since the beginning of this Congress on March 4, 1861.
  47. ^ "Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1789-1873". p. 412.
  48. ^ "Congressional Globe". July 8, 1861. pp. 21–22.
  49. ^ "A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 37th Congress, Browse by Committee".
  50. ^ a b The Bibliography of Vermont, Gilman, M.D.,The Free Press Association, 1897. p. 320.
  51. ^ Lanman, Charles (1887). Biographical annals of the civil government of the United States. New York: JM Morrison. p. 514.
  52. ^ "US Senate Art & History webpage, "Ashbury Dickens, Secretary of the Senate, 1836-1861"".
  53. ^ "Congressional Biographical Dictionary, 37th Congress" (PDF). p. 162, footnote fn 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2010.

References[edit]

  • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
  • Hart, Albert Bushnell; Channing, Edward, eds. (November 1893). Ordinances of Secession and Other Documents. 1860-1861. American History Leaflets Colonial and Constitutional. 12. New York: A. Lovell & Company. OCLC 7759360. Archived from the original on 2008-04-13. Retrieved 2017-11-15.

External links[edit]

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