Corwin Amendment
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The Corwin Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that has never been adopted but, owing to the absence of a ratification deadline, could theoretically still be adopted by
Representative Thomas Corwin, author of the amendment
The Corwin Amendment as approved by the 36th U.S. Congress, March 1861
Thomas Corwin
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Thomas Corwin, also known as Tom Corwin, The Wagon Boy, and Black Tom was a politician from the state of Ohio. He represented Ohio in both houses of Congress and served as the 15th governor of Ohio an
Corwin Amendment
…of either reconciling the sections of the United States or avoiding the secession of the border states. Senator William H. Seward and Representative Thomas Corwin, Republicans and allies of President-elect Abraham Lincoln, introduced the Corwin Amendment, which was endorsed by the outgoing president, James Buchanan…
Corwin's house in Lebanon, Ohio
Engraving of Corwin while Secretary of the Treasury created by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Corwin in the 1850s
USRC Thomas Corwin revenue cutter was named in his memory