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113,568 recorded House and Senate votes since 1789, newest first (page 326 of 455)

To amend H.R. 6145, by requiring railroad companies operating telegraph lines to file their written acceptances of the…Senate · Feb 24, 1879
To amend H.R. 6145, by repealing so much of section of title 65, U.S. Revised statutes, as authorizes the U.S. To…Senate · Feb 24, 1879
To amend H.R. 6145, by authorizing such railroad companies as now operate telegraph lines, to transmit telegrams both…Senate · Feb 24, 1879
To amend H.R. 6145, by adding the provision that all railroad companies having telegraph lines and operating same for…Senate · Feb 24, 1879
To amend H.R. 6145, by eliminating therefrom the provision authorizing the secretary of war to issue small arms and…Senate · Feb 22, 1879
To amend H.R. 6145, by eliminating the section prohibiting the use of armed U.S. Forces at any general or special…Senate · Feb 22, 1879
To amend H.R. 6145, by eliminating sections 3 to 47 therefrom, and thereby reducing the staff and enlisted forces of…Senate · Feb 22, 1879
To postpone debate on H.R. 4228, (20-stat-467), the education of the blind bill, in order to take up H.R. 6145, the…Senate · Feb 22, 1879
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 3186 (20-stat-602), a bill relating to the claim of the bank of knoxville, tenn. The…Senate · Feb 22, 1879
To adjourn, made during the consideration of the nomination of sherman conant as United States marshal for the…Senate · Feb 22, 1879
To pass H.R. 6143.Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 6143, directing the postmaster general to contract for 2 ocean mail steamship service…Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To amend H.R. 6143, by adding stops, on alternate trips, after galveston, at the bay of mobile and the bay of…Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To adjourn and thereby discontinue debate on H.R. 6143.Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To adjourn during action on H.R. 6143 and thereby kill an amendment providing that one of the two ocean mail steamship…Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To adjourn because of the late hour, motion made during consideration of H.R. 6143.Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To table an amendment to H.R. 6143 adding stops, after galveston, at the bay of mobile and the bay of pensocola on…Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To table an amendment to H.R. 6143, directing the postmaster general to contract for two lines of ocean mail steamship…Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To amend H.R. 6143, by directing the postmaster general to contract for two lines of ocean mail steamship service…Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To amend H.R. 6143, by directing the postmaster general to contract for two lines of ocean mail steamship service…Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To amend H.R. 6143, by directing the post master general to contract for ocean mail steamship service between the U.S…Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To amend H.R. 6143, by directing the postmaster general to contract for ocean mail steamship service between the U.S…Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To amend H.R. 6143, by directing the postmaster general to contract for ocean mail steamship service between U.S. And…Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To amend H.R. 6143, by directing the post master general to contract for ocean mail steamsip service between the U.S…Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To amend H.R. 6143, by directing the post master general to contract for ocean mail steamship service between U.S. And…Senate · Feb 20, 1879
To amend H.R. 6143, by directing the postmaster general to contract for ocean mail steamship service between U.S. And…Senate · Feb 19, 1879
To amend 6143, by reducing the $200,000 appropriation to $100,000 for ocean mail steamship service between the U.S…Senate · Feb 19, 1879
To decide a point of order whether an amendment to H.R. 6143 is in order, on grounds that it proposes legislation in…Senate · Feb 19, 1879
To decide a point of order providing that an amendment to H.R. 6143 (20-stat-355), the post office appropriation bill…Senate · Feb 19, 1879
To pass S. 1372, a bill incorporating the United States railway mail service mutual benefit association.Senate · Feb 19, 1879
To pass H.R. 4414.Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To amend H.R. 4414, by providing for the retention of the tax on lucifer or friction matches.Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 4414, by eliminating the provision repealing so much of section 3437 of the revised…Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 4414 prohibiting places where cigars, cheroots or cigarettes are manufactured from…Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 4414 changing the effective date of the reduced tobacco tax from april 1879 to may…Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To reconsider the vote adopting the amendment to H.R. 4414 providing for the effective date of the reduced tobacco tax…Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To reconsider the vote by which the amendment to H.R. 4414 was passed. The amendment changed the date from "april" to…Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To amend H.R. 4414, by providing that may 1879 be effective date of the reduced tobacco tax instead of april 1879.Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To amend H.R. 4414, by excepting from the provision imposing an assessment against a distiller for failing to produce…Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To amend H.R. 4414, by allowing a drawback to all persons affected by this act, owning manufactured tobacco in which a…Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To amend H.R. 4414, by providing that the commissioner of internal revenue with approval of the SEC'y of the treasury…Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To amend H.R. 4414, by eliminating the word "sixteen" and inserting the word "twenty" on line 16 of page 57.Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To amend H.R. 4414, by levying tax as of july 1, 1879, on articles, described in this section, imported from foreign…Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To order the engrossment and third reading of a resolution authorizing the payment of $5,000 to joseph segar for…Senate · Feb 18, 1879
To adjourn, due to late hour.Senate · Feb 17, 1879
To amend H.R. 4414, by providing that no savings bank, recognized as such by the laws of its state, having no capital…Senate · Feb 17, 1879
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 4414, revoking tax on matches as of jan. 1, 1879.Senate · Feb 17, 1879
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 4414 eliminating duties on manufactured tobacco, including all snuff packed in 1/2 to…Senate · Feb 17, 1879
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 4414, taxing tobacco manufactured into snuff at 24 cents per pound.Senate · Feb 17, 1879
To amend H.R. 4414 by having the bill become effective as of may 1, 1879, in lieu of april, as recommended by the…Senate · Feb 17, 1879
To postpone H.R. 4414.Senate · Feb 17, 1879
To amend H.R. 3055, (20-stat-322), a bill relating to the promotion of knowledge of steam-engineering and iron- ship…Senate · Feb 17, 1879
To adjourn because of lack of a quorum.Senate · Feb 17, 1879
To adjourn made during consideration of H.R. 4414.Senate · Feb 15, 1879
To proceed to the consideration of H.R. 4414, (20-stat-327), a bill amending the internal revenue laws.Senate · Feb 15, 1879
To go into executive session.Senate · Feb 15, 1879
To adjourn because of the late hour.Senate · Feb 15, 1879
To go into executive session.Senate · Feb 15, 1879
To pass H.R. 2423.Senate · Feb 15, 1879
To amend H.R. 2423, by requesting that the President notify the chinese emperor that the treaty between the U.S. And…Senate · Feb 15, 1879
To amend H.R. 2423, by requesting the President of the U.S. To notify the chinese emperor that the treaty permitting…Senate · Feb 15, 1879
To amend H.R. 2423, by providing that the U.S. Recognize a reciprocal right and power in the chinese government to…Senate · Feb 15, 1879
To amend H.R. 2423, by requesting the President to notify the emperor of china that the treaty permitting chinese…Senate · Feb 15, 1879
To postpone all prior orders in order to take up for consideration S. 501, a bill extending the patent of john c…Senate · Feb 14, 1879
To adjourn because of the late hour, made during consideration of H.R. 2423, a bill restricting chinese immigration.Senate · Feb 13, 1879
To postpone action on S. 264, a bill relating to the half pay claim of the heirs of general william thompson of the…Senate · Feb 13, 1879
To amend a resolution relative to S. 1591, a bill providing additional accomodations for the library of Congress. The…Senate · Feb 12, 1879
To pass S. 571, a bill enabling albert fuller to have a hearing before the commissioner of patents.Senate · Feb 10, 1879
To adjourn because of the late hour, made during consideration of S. 1591, a bill to providing additional…Senate · Feb 8, 1879
To go into executive session, made during debate on S. 457, a bill concerning the settlement of accounts with southern…Senate · Feb 8, 1879
To order the third reading of H.R. 1077, a bill relating to the relief of legal disabilities of women as legal…Senate · Feb 7, 1879
To postpone consideration of H.J. RES. 201, a resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution prohibiting…Senate · Feb 7, 1879
To pass S. 1685 (20-stat-473), a bill providing for the 10th and subsequent censuses.Senate · Feb 6, 1879
To postpone consideration of h.j.r. 201, a resolution proposing an amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting the…Senate · Feb 6, 1879
To pass the resolution declaring that it is the duty of Congress to provide for full and impartial protection of all…Senate · Feb 5, 1879
To pass the first resolution declaring that these amendments, having been ratified, the subject of common interest to…Senate · Feb 5, 1879
To amend a res. By declaring that the governments of the U.S. And the several states are distinct, each having certain…Senate · Feb 5, 1879
To amend the resolution by declaring the right of the people to peaceable assemblage to petition Congress for redress…Senate · Feb 5, 1879
To amend the resolution by declaring the equality of the several states of the union, the rights of all citizens to…Senate · Feb 5, 1879
To amend the resolution by declaring the equality of the several states of the union, the rights of all citizens to…Senate · Feb 5, 1879
To adjourn because of the late hour, made during consideration of a resolution.Senate · Feb 5, 1879
To amend (in the nature of a substitute) a resolution, by resolving that although these amendments were not legally…Senate · Feb 5, 1879
To postpone indefinitely the pending resolution.Senate · Feb 5, 1879
To adjourn in order to end debate on the resolution.Senate · Feb 5, 1879
To go into executive session.Senate · Feb 5, 1879
To go into executive session.Senate · Feb 4, 1879
To adopt the resolution providing that the injunction of secrecy upon the debates respective to the nomination of e.a…Senate · Feb 4, 1879
To amend a resolution providing that the injunction of secrecy be removed from the votes upon the nomination of e.a…Senate · Feb 3, 1879
To consent to the nomination of silas w. Burt as naval officer in the district of new york.Senate · Feb 3, 1879
To consent to the nomination of edwin a. Merritt as collector of customs for the district of new york.Senate · Feb 3, 1879
To refer the nominations of edwin merritt and silas w. Burt to the committee on commerce, with instructions that said…Senate · Feb 3, 1879
To adjourn due to the late hour.Senate · Jan 31, 1879
To adopt the second branch of resolution. The second branch provides that further consideration of the nomination to…Senate · Jan 31, 1879
To proceed to the consideration of the resolution.Senate · Jan 28, 1879
To adjourn and thereby postpone action on resolution.Senate · Jan 28, 1879
To order the engrossment and third reading of S. 855.Senate · Jan 28, 1879
To postpone all prior orders, in order to take up S. 1685, a bill providing for the 10th census and subsequent censuses.Senate · Jan 28, 1879
To postpone indefinitely action on S. 855.Senate · Jan 27, 1879
To postpone all pending orders and proceed to the consideration of S. 855.Senate · Jan 27, 1879
To adopt the first branch of a resolution, providing that the communication of jan. 15, 1879, of the SEC. Of treasury…Senate · Jan 27, 1879
To adjourn.Senate · Jan 24, 1879
To table the motion to consider the resolution relating to the enforcement of the 13th, 14th and 15th amemdments to…Senate · Jan 24, 1879
To adjourn because of the late hour.Senate · Jan 24, 1879
To lay aside all prior orders and to dispose of the conference report on H.R. 4286, a bill concerning the…Senate · Jan 24, 1879
To proceed to the consideration of S. 855.Senate · Jan 23, 1879
To postpone all prior orders in order to continue consideration of S. 855.Senate · Jan 23, 1879
To postpone action on S. 855, a bill concerning the claim of warren mitchell for $128,692.22 for cotton seized by…Senate · Jan 23, 1879
To amend S. 300, by extending the statute of limitations from 4 to 6 years after the expiration of the patent in which…Senate · Jan 23, 1879
To amend S. 300, by providing means to infringed patentee to settle his rights, the validity of his patent, or the…Senate · Jan 23, 1879
To adjourn.Senate · Jan 22, 1879
To amend S. 300, by providing that if nominal damages are recovered in infringement suits where the defendant merely…Senate · Jan 20, 1879
To amend S. 300, by providing that no patent be reissued unless it embraces the original invention, to protect the…Senate · Jan 20, 1879
To amend S. 300, by providing that no patent be reissued unless it embrace the original invention, to protect the…Senate · Jan 17, 1879
To amend S. 300, by providing that a patent issued jointly to a number of persons may be secured to the first inventor…Senate · Jan 17, 1879
To amend S. 300, by providing that no account of profits or savings in any case be allowed but that the same be…Senate · Jan 16, 1879
To pass H.R. 4234, a bill providing that pensions for death or disability to soldiers in the civil war, granted or to…Senate · Jan 16, 1879
To amend H.R. 4234 (20-stat-265), a bill providing death and disability pensions to civil war soldiers, by restricting…Senate · Jan 16, 1879
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 5534,(20-stat-295), the indian appropriation bill for 1880, eliminating the provision…Senate · Jan 10, 1879
To go into executive session.Senate · Dec 20, 1878
To order the third reading of H.R. 5683, a bill amending act approved june 20, 1878, by fixing rate of interest on…Senate · Dec 19, 1878
To amend S. 300, by forbidding actions for damages for unlawful use where the patented article is bought for the…Senate · Dec 19, 1878
To amend S. 300, by prohibiting the recovery of damages or costs against persons who purchase patented articles for…Senate · Dec 18, 1878
To consent to the nomination of henry s. Foote as superintendent of the United States mint at new orleans, la.Senate · Dec 18, 1878
To pass the resolution.Senate · Dec 17, 1878
To amend a resolution by having the select committee or a sub-committee sit with open doors if any member thereof so…Senate · Dec 16, 1878
To amend the resolution by instructing the said committee to sit with doors open and permit any citizen to testify…Senate · Dec 16, 1878
To amend the resolution by substituting instead a select committee of nine to be appointed by the chair.Senate · Dec 16, 1878
To table the resolution and amendments.Senate · Dec 16, 1878
To amend a motion to postpone consideration of S. 300 and to resume consideration of a resolution instructing the…Senate · Dec 16, 1878
To adjourn because of the late hour, made during debate on S. 300, a bill amending the patent laws.Senate · Dec 13, 1878
To pass S. 1308, a bill amending chapter 1 title 3 of the U.S. Revised statutes, relating to presidential elections…Senate · Dec 13, 1878
To order the engrossment and third reading of S. 1435, (20-stat-276), a bill authorizing the appointment of DR. Junius…Senate · Dec 10, 1878
To postpone action on H.R. 1435 (20-stat-276), a bill authorizing the appointment of DR. Junius l. Powell as an…Senate · Dec 10, 1878
To order the engrossment and third reading of S. 1038, a bill granting the claim of jessie turner and others, sureties…Senate · Dec 5, 1878
To postpone until december consideration of S. 501, a bill providing for the relief of john c. Birdsell, in order to…Senate · Jun 19, 1878
To pass H.R. 1496.Senate · Jun 19, 1878
To amend H.R. 1496, by reinstating case of claimant on docket of court of claims.Senate · Jun 19, 1878
To postpone until next session the consideration of H.R. 1496 (20-stat-581), a bill appropriating $2,967.43, in full…Senate · Jun 19, 1878
To sustain the decision of the chair, in order to bring H.R. 5216, a bill forbidding payment of legal tender notes in…Senate · Jun 19, 1878
To postpone present and all prior orders of present business in order to take up H.R. 5216, a bill forbidding payment…Senate · Jun 19, 1878
To order the engrossment for third reading of H.R. 4981 (20-stat-243), a bill relating to claim-agents and attorneys…Senate · Jun 19, 1878
To table the reconsideration of the vote consenting to the appointment of ruben e. Fenton as United States…Senate · Jun 19, 1878
To discontinue the executive session and proceed to the consideration of legislative business made during the…Senate · Jun 19, 1878
To consent to the nomination of reuben e. Fenton as United States commissioner to the international monetary…Senate · Jun 19, 1878
To consent to the nomination of reuben e. Fenton as United States commissioner to the international monetary…Senate · Jun 19, 1878
To consent to the nomination of samuel g. Reid as United States marshal for the middle and southern districts of…Senate · Jun 19, 1878
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 5130, paying arrears due mail contractors for 1859, 1860, and 1861, under surety…Senate · Jun 18, 1878
To decide a point of order made during debate on H.R. 5130 in order to determine whether amendment limiting rank of…Senate · Jun 18, 1878
To amend H.R. 5130, by withdrawing an appropriation of $100,000 purposed for improvement of capital grounds, naval…Senate · Jun 18, 1878
To table an amendment to H.R. 5130 providing for approriations of $100,000 for improving capital and capital grounds.Senate · Jun 18, 1878
To table an amendment to H.R. 5130, authorizing an expenditure of up to $50,000 for erection of a new custom-house at…Senate · Jun 18, 1878
To table an amendment to H.R. 5130, requiring claimants to give bond, with security to repay sums subsequently proven…Senate · Jun 18, 1878
To table an amendment to H.R. 5130, providing to stop action on a proposal to require surety of claimants seeking…Senate · Jun 18, 1878
To amend H.R. 5130, by instructing the SEC'y of treasury to pay arrearages due mail contractors for carrying mail in…Senate · Jun 17, 1878
To amend H.R. 5130 by providing that section 3480, prohibiting any officer to pay claims of sustainers of rebellion…Senate · Jun 17, 1878
To determine the germaneness of an amendment to H.R. 512, a bill making sundry civil appropriations for fiscal 1879…Senate · Jun 17, 1878
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 5130, appropriating $27,500 for the expenses of the hot springs commission of 3…Senate · Jun 17, 1878
To amend H.R. 5130, by eliminating the proviso authorizing the SEC'y of interior to lease grounds to present…Senate · Jun 17, 1878
To table an amendment to H.R. 5130, authorizing the purchase of a site for the congressional library.Senate · Jun 17, 1878
To table an amendment to H.R. 5130 providing for the construction of a congressional library on or near judiciary…Senate · Jun 17, 1878
To pass a resolution accepting a donation of a large safe and book containing autographs of distinguished gentlemen in…Senate · Jun 17, 1878
To table an amendment to H.R. 5130 (20-stat-216), a bill making sundry civil appropriations for fiscal 1879. The…Senate · Jun 17, 1878
To lay the calendar aside in order to proceed to consideration of a motion to reconsider the postponement of h.j.r. 176.Senate · Jun 17, 1878
To reconsider the vote consenting to the appointment of william m. Wood as lieutenant in the navy from december 11…Senate · Jun 17, 1878
To adjourn because of the late hour during debate on H.J. RES. 195, a resolution relating to committee clerks and…Senate · Jun 15, 1878
To adjourn, made during debate on the order of Senate business due to late hour.Senate · Jun 15, 1878
To pass H.R. 762 (20-stat-578), a bill granting a pension of $25.00 a month to john s. Hall, of west virginia, late…Senate · Jun 15, 1878
To concur in a conference report to H.R. 4236.Senate · Jun 15, 1878
To insist on the Senate amendment, and agree to a second conference on H.R. 4104. The amendment reserves to the Senate…Senate · Jun 14, 1878
To recede from the amendment to H.R. 4236, decreasing a saving on some unimportant improvements, thereby effecting a…Senate · Jun 14, 1878
To pass H.R. 805.Senate · Jun 13, 1878
To amend H.R. 805, by making U.S. Notes legal tender for duties on imports and for payment of 4% bonds.Senate · Jun 13, 1878
To amend H.R 805, by making U.S. Notes legal tender for payment on 4% bonds, and duties on imports after july 1, 1878.Senate · Jun 13, 1878
To amend H.R. 805, by making U.S. Notes legal tender for payment on 4% bonds and duties on imports after july 1, 1878.Senate · Jun 13, 1878
To postpone the calendar in order to consider H.R. 805, a bill resuming specie payments.Senate · Jun 13, 1878
To postpone consideration of h.j.r. 176.Senate · Jun 12, 1878
To suspend the calendar and bring up for consideration h.j.r. 176, a resolution providing for the enforcement of the 8…Senate · Jun 12, 1878
To consent to the nomination of john c. Fremont as governor of the territory of arizona.Senate · Jun 12, 1878
To pass H.R. 4236.Senate · Jun 11, 1878
To amend H.R. 4236, by providing the expending of not more than 75% of appropriations for this year.Senate · Jun 11, 1878
To amend H.R. 4236, by appropriating $15,000 to improve the harbor at two rivers, wisconsin.Senate · Jun 11, 1878
To amend H.R. 4236, by appropriating $250,000 instead of $75,000 for the canal around columbia river cascades.Senate · Jun 11, 1878
To amend H.R. 4236, by providing up to $5,000 for expenses of a committee to be appointed to examine reports on…Senate · Jun 11, 1878
To amend H.R. 4236, by permitting the letting of contracts, except when specific estimates cannot be made.Senate · Jun 11, 1878
To postpone consideration of H.R. 933, a bill regarding the convention between U.S. And china at shanghai, nov. 8, 1858.Senate · Jun 11, 1878
To adjourn in order to terminate debate on H.R. 4236.Senate · Jun 10, 1878
To amend H.R. 4236 by increasing the appropriations for improvement of charleston harbor from $5,000 to $200,000.Senate · Jun 10, 1878
To amend H.R. 4236 by appropriating $15,000 for improvement of the french broad river, in north carolina.Senate · Jun 10, 1878
To amend H.R. 4236, by increasing from $85,000, to $160,000, the appropriation for the improvement of cape fear river…Senate · Jun 10, 1878
To amend H.R. 4931 (20-stat-175), a bill providing for election of representatives from west virginia to the 46th…Senate · Jun 10, 1878
To concur in a conference report to h.j.r. 152, a resolution providing for the completion of construction of the…Senate · Jun 10, 1878
To adjourn to next monday morning.Senate · Jun 8, 1878
To take up for consideration H.R. 4236.Senate · Jun 8, 1878
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 4867, by appropriating $5,000 for the expenses of a committee of 3 senators and 4…Senate · Jun 8, 1878
To amend H.R. 4867, by making it unlawful to employ any part of the army against civilians, except when authorized by…Senate · Jun 8, 1878
To amend H.R. 4867, by removing penalties for violations using army as law enforcement agent.Senate · Jun 8, 1878
To amend H.R. 4867, by eliminating section which makes it unlawful and punishable by $10,000 fine the unauthorized use…Senate · Jun 8, 1878
To pass S. 1262, a bill making appropriations for construction of jetties at the mouth of the mississippi.Senate · Jun 8, 1878
To amend S. 1262 (20-stat-168), a bill making appropriations to complete construction of jetties at the mouth of the…Senate · Jun 8, 1878
To adjourn, made during debate on H.R. 4867.Senate · Jun 7, 1878
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 4867, prohibiting any expenditure from being made for the purpose of recruiting the…Senate · Jun 6, 1878
To proceed to consideration of H.R. 4867 (20-stat-145), a bill making appropriations for the army for fiscal 1879.Senate · Jun 6, 1878
To bring up for consideration H.R. 4236,(21-stat-152), a bill making appropriations for the construction and repair of…Senate · Jun 6, 1878
To pass S. 563.Senate · Jun 5, 1878
To amend S. 563, by allowing franking privilege on mail bearing senders name and not exceeding 2 1/2 ounces, to…Senate · Jun 5, 1878
To amend S. 563, by giving franking privileges to government officials and congressmen.Senate · Jun 5, 1878
To concur in an amendment to S. 563 granting annual subsidy of $300,000 for two years to establish steamship line to…Senate · Jun 5, 1878
To amend S. 563, a bill establishing post routes, on mail a route not to exceed $10.000 per mile for carring mails to…Senate · Jun 5, 1878
To consent to the nomination of william m. Jeffers, as chief of bureau of ordnance in the navy department from april…Senate · Jun 4, 1878
To amend H.R. 4286, a bill establishing post routes, by extending franking privileges.Senate · Jun 3, 1878
To take up for consideration S. 1308, a bill amending the provisions of the U.S. Revised statutes relating to…Senate · Jun 3, 1878
To consent to the nomination of william m. Jeffers, as chief of bureau of ordnance in the navy department from april…Senate · Jun 3, 1878
To amend the resolution paying the award made by fisheries commission at halifax, by terminating the treaty with great…Senate · Jun 1, 1878
To recommit with instructions the resolution paying the award made by fisheries commission at halifax, in order to…Senate · Jun 1, 1878
To concur in an amendment of the house to the resolution providing for adjournment sine die, said amendment fixing…Senate · Jun 1, 1878
To postpone until monday the consideration of the joint resolution relating to the adjournment of both houses of…Senate · Jun 1, 1878
To amend the resolution providing for adjournment sine die by fixing june 25 as the date of final adjournment of both…Senate · Jun 1, 1878
To refer to the committee on appropriations the resolution and amendment relating to the final adjournment of both…Senate · May 31, 1878
To bring up for consideration the resolution providing for the consideration of the report of fisheries commission…Senate · May 31, 1878
To amend H.R. 4104, by appropriating $14,000 to pay 14 clerks $1,000, each for preparing plats and field notes.Senate · May 31, 1878
To amend H.R. 4104, by eliminating the assignment of a clerk to the committee on military affairs.Senate · May 31, 1878
To adjourn, during debate on H.R. 4104, in order to prevent a vote on amendment providing for the assignment of a…Senate · May 29, 1878
To amend H.R. 4104 (20-stat-178), a bill making appropriations for legislative, executive, and judicialexpenses of…Senate · May 29, 1878
To take up for further consideration H.R. 1077, a bill allowing women to practice in supreme court.Senate · May 29, 1878
To pass H.R. 4663.Senate · May 28, 1878
To amend H.R. 4663, by providing that when such legal tender notes are returned to the treasury, they shall be…Senate · May 28, 1878
To amend H.R. 4663, by making U.S. Notes when reissued receivable for all dues to U.S. Except duties on imports, any…Senate · May 28, 1878
To take up for consideration H.R. 4663.Senate · May 27, 1878
To amend H.R. 3259, by remitting all taxes on establishments used for educational purposes, except those operated for…Senate · May 27, 1878
To amend H.R. 3259, by appointing a health officer (salary $4,000 per annum), 6 sanitary inspectors, and a reasonable…Senate · May 27, 1878
To postpone the regular order in order to continue consideration of S. 1266, a bill appointing additional circuit…Senate · May 27, 1878
To consider S. 1266, a bill appointing an additional circuit judge in 7th judicial circuit of chicago.Senate · May 27, 1878
To amend H.R. 3259, by abolishing the board of health with a view of investing surgeon general with its powers.Senate · May 25, 1878
To amend H.R. 3259, by deeming a delegate to Congress from the district of columbia unnecessary as both houses have…Senate · May 25, 1878
To pass S. 986, a bill regarding return of taxes to william g. Morris and others.Senate · May 25, 1878
To amend H.R. 3259, by limiting the cost of paving streets of washington d.c. To $2.00 per square yard.Senate · May 24, 1878
To amend H.R. 3259, by imposing a tax of $1.00 annually on every male inhabitant 21 yrs. Or over supported in any…Senate · May 24, 1878
To amend H.R. 3259, by assessing real property without the limits of cities of washington and georgetown $1.00 per…Senate · May 24, 1878
To amend H.R. 3259, by fixing rate of assessment at $1.500 per $100 on real estate.Senate · May 23, 1878
To amend H.R. 3259 (20-stat-102), a bill providing a permanent form of government for district of columbia, by fixing…Senate · May 23, 1878
To consnet to the nomination of john b. Forthingham as appraiser of merchandise in the district and state of new york.Senate · May 23, 1878
To consent to the nomination of stephen b. Pachard as United States counsel at liverpool, england.Senate · May 22, 1878
To pass H.R. 4245.Senate · May 21, 1878
To amend H.R. 4245, by placing james shields on the pension rolls at $100 per month, in lieu of the salary which he…Senate · May 21, 1878
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 4245, authorizing presidential appointment of general U.S. Grant to the retired list…Senate · May 21, 1878
To insist on an amendment to and ask for further conference by the house, on H.R. 2507.Senate · May 21, 1878
To adjourn because of the late hour and thereby terminating debate on H.R. 4245.Senate · May 20, 1878
To amend H.R. 4245, by enabling the President to appoint gen. Grant to the retired list with full pay.Senate · May 20, 1878
To postpone pending order H.R. 805, a bill authorizing disposal of U.S. Bonds and redeeming and cancelling the…Senate · May 20, 1878
To pass S. 877, a bill providing a time and place for holding U.S. Circuit court in iowa and appointing an additional…Senate · May 17, 1878