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113,568 recorded House and Senate votes since 1789, newest first (page 363 of 455)

To amend S. 384 by barring slaves from the military service. (p. 3232-2)Senate · Jul 10, 1862
To postpone consideration of S. 384. (p. 3231-3)Senate · Jul 10, 1862
To amend S. 384 (12 stat 597, app. July 17, 1862), a bill to amend the act calling forth the militia to execute the…Senate · Jul 10, 1862
To pass the resolution requesting that the President furnish for the use of the Senate, all orders of the executive to…Senate · Jul 10, 1862
To pass H.R. 392.Senate · Jul 9, 1862
To concur in the amendment to H.R. 392, made in the committee of the whole, to increase the span of the bridge across…Senate · Jul 9, 1862
To amend H.R. 392 (12 stat 569, app. July 14, 1862), a bill to establish certain post roads; which amendment proposes…Senate · Jul 9, 1862
To amend H.R. 280 (12 stat 583, app. July 16, 1862), a bill to establish and equalize the grade of line officers of…Senate · Jul 9, 1862
To table the resolution that a majority of the senators duly elected and entitled to seats in the Senate shall…Senate · Jul 9, 1862
To amend H.R. 531 (12 stat 543, app. July 14, 1862), a bill to temporarily increase the duties on imports and for…Senate · Jul 8, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of H.R. 531 (12 stat 543, app. July 14, 1862), a bill to temporarily…Senate · Jul 8, 1862
To refer to the committee on the judiciary, the resolution expelling james f. Simmons, a senator from rhode island…Senate · Jul 8, 1862
To amend S. 383 (12 stat 594, app. July 17, 1862), a bill to define the pay and emaluments of certain officers of the…Senate · Jul 8, 1862
To insist on the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 471.Senate · Jul 8, 1862
To recede from the amendments of the Senate to H.R. 471 (12 stat 589, app. July 17, 1862), a bill to confiscate the…Senate · Jul 8, 1862
To postpone consideration of S. 200, a bill to establish provisional governments in certain cases. (p. 3146-1)Senate · Jul 7, 1862
To pass S. 351 (12 stat 538, app. July 12, 1862), an act supplementary to an act for the relief of certain persons…Senate · Jul 7, 1862
To amend S. 351 (12 stat 538, app. July 12, 1862), an act supplementary to an act for the relief of certain persons…Senate · Jul 7, 1862
To consider S. 365 (12 stat 633, app. Dec. 31, 1862), a bill providing for the admission of west virginia. (p. 3134-1)Senate · Jul 7, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of the bill abolishing franking privileges. (p. 3110-2)Senate · Jul 4, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of the bill abolishing franking privileges. (p. 3110-1)Senate · Jul 4, 1862
To postpone all prior orders and to consider the bill abolishing franking privileges. (no quorum.) (p. 3110-1)Senate · Jul 4, 1862
To amend S. 113 by repealing the act of 1789, and making it unnecessary to summon jurors in capital cases from the…Senate · Jul 3, 1862
To amend S. 113 by providing that no witness is to be excluded because of color.Senate · Jul 3, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of S. 113 (12 stat 588, app. July 16, 1862), a bill regarding legal…Senate · Jul 3, 1862
To pass S. 368, a bill for the relief of andrew ten broeck, late consul of the U.S., at munich. (p. 3095-2)Senate · Jul 3, 1862
To postpone, until the first monday in december, consideration of H.R. 357 (12 stat 664, app. Feb. 24, 1863), a bill…Senate · Jul 3, 1862
To consider the resolution providing that a majority of the senators duly elected and entitled to seats in the Senate…Senate · Jul 3, 1862
To reconsider the vote by which the Senate agreed to postpone S. 200, a bill to establish provisional governments in…Senate · Jul 3, 1862
To postpone all prior orders and to consider S. 200, a bill to establish provisional governments in certain cases. (p…Senate · Jul 3, 1862
To amend a house amendment to S. 89 (12 stat 576, app. July 15, 1862), an act supplementary to an act to amend the…Senate · Jul 3, 1862
To adjourn, that when the Senate adjourns today, it meet again on saturday next. (p. 3088-2)Senate · Jul 3, 1862
To adjourn, that when the Senate adjourns today, it meet again on monday next. (p. 3088-1)Senate · Jul 3, 1862
To override the veto of the President and pass S. 343 (12 stat 502, app. July 2, 1862), a bill to provide for…Senate · Jul 2, 1862
To pass H.R. 187 (12 stat 532, app. July 11, 1862), a bill to authorize an additional issue of U.S. Notes, and for…Senate · Jul 2, 1862
To amend H.R. 187 (12 stat 532, app. July 11, 1862), a bill to authorize an additional issue of U.S. Notes, and for…Senate · Jul 2, 1862
To reconsider the vote adopting an amendment to H.R. 280 (12 stat 583, app. July 16, 1862), a bill to establish and…Senate · Jul 2, 1862
To pass S. 342.Senate · Jun 30, 1862
To amend S. 342 by providing that an arsenal be erected at springfield, illinois, instead of rock island. (p. 3020-3)Senate · Jun 30, 1862
To amend S. 342 by providing that national arsenals be used for deposit of arms and other munitions of war, but not…Senate · Jun 30, 1862
To refer S. 342 to the select committee on armories and foundaries for study. (p. 3018-2)Senate · Jun 30, 1862
To amend S. 342 (12 stat 537, app. July 11, 1862), a bill for the establishment of certain national arsenals; which…Senate · Jun 30, 1862
To agree to the report of the committee on conference on H.R. 371 (12 stat 502, app. July 2, 1862), a bill prescribing…Senate · Jun 30, 1862
To pass S. 371 (12 stat 908, app. July 12, 1862), a bill to provide a pension for MRS. Fanny smith. (p. 3011-1)Senate · Jun 30, 1862
To pass S. 349, an act in addition to an act providing for salvage in cases of recapture, approved mar. 3, 1800.Senate · Jun 30, 1862
To consent to the nomination of isaac newton of pennsylvania to be commissioner of agriculture.Senate · Jun 30, 1862
To pass H.R. 471. (title of bill amended to read " an act to supress insurrection, and to punish treason and…Senate · Jun 28, 1862
To concur in the amendment to H.R. 471, made in the committee of the whole, which substitutes a bill setting forth the…Senate · Jun 28, 1862
To amend H.R. 471 by offering a substitute bill setting forth the circumstances under which one's property would be…Senate · Jun 28, 1862
To amend H.R. 471. (12 stat 589, july 17, 1862), a bill to confiscate the property of rebels for the payment of the…Senate · Jun 28, 1862
To adjourn.Senate · Jun 28, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during discussion on H.R. 471.Senate · Jun 27, 1862
To amend the resolution that the secretary of war be directed to transmit to the Senate the report of the…Senate · Jun 27, 1862
To table the resolution that the secretary of war be directed to transmit to the Senate the report of the…Senate · Jun 27, 1862
To pass S. 552, a bill to carry into effect the treaty between the U.S. And britain, for the supression of the african…Senate · Jun 26, 1862
To pass the second part of the question on the impeachment of w. H. Humphreys, which part disqualifies the accused…Senate · Jun 26, 1862
To pass the first part of the question on the impeachment of w. H. Humphreys, providing for the removal of the accused…Senate · Jun 26, 1862
To amend the question as to whether w. H. Humphreys be removed from the office of judge of the U.S. District court of…Senate · Jun 26, 1862
To demand the verdict of guilty as charged in article 7 of the impeachment of w. H. Humphreys, declaring that the…Senate · Jun 26, 1862
To demand the verdict of guilty as charged in the third specification in article 6 of the impeachment of w. H…Senate · Jun 26, 1862
To demand the verdict of guilty as charged in the second specification of article 6 of the impeachment of w. H…Senate · Jun 26, 1862
To demand the verdict of guilty as charged in the first specification of article 6 of the impeachment of w. H…Senate · Jun 26, 1862
To demand a verdict of guilty as charged in article 5 of the impeachment of w. H. Humphreys, said article declaring…Senate · Jun 26, 1862
To demand a verdict of guilty as charged in article 4 of the re-impeachment of w. H. Humphreys, declaring the accused…Senate · Jun 26, 1862
To demand a judgement of guilty as charged in article 3 of the impeachment of w. H. Humphreys, declaring that the…Senate · Jun 26, 1862
To demand a verdict of guilty as charged in article 2 of the impeachment of w. H. Humphreys, declaring that in the…Senate · Jun 26, 1862
To demand a verdict of guilty as charged in article 1, of the impeachment of west h. Humphreys, declaring that the…Senate · Jun 26, 1862
To adjourn. (no quorum)Senate · Jun 24, 1862
To consent to the nomination of isaac newton of pennsylvania to be commissioner of agriculture. (no quorum voted.)Senate · Jun 24, 1862
To pass H.R. 371. (p. 2873-3)Senate · Jun 23, 1862
To amend H.R. 371 by modifying said oath so that it contain a statement that the oath-taker has never voluntarily…Senate · Jun 23, 1862
To amend H.R. 371 (12 stat 502, app. July 2, 1862), a bill to provide an oath of office, and for other purposes; which…Senate · Jun 23, 1862
To adjourn, that when the Senate adjourns today, it shall meet again on monday next. (p. 2840-2)Senate · Jun 20, 1862
To pass H.R. 364.Senate · Jun 20, 1862
To amend H.R. 364 by adding a proviso to construct a railroad from ST. Joseph michigan to connect with a road leading…Senate · Jun 20, 1862
To reconsider the vote concurring in an amendment to H.R. 364 regarding the hannibal and ST. Joseph railroad company…Senate · Jun 20, 1862
To amend H.R. 364 (12 stat 489, app. July 1, 1862), a bill to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line…Senate · Jun 20, 1862
To reconsider the vote concurring into the amendment to S. 175 (12 stat 594, app. July 17, 1862), a bill to define the…Senate · Jun 20, 1862
To agree to the third amendment of the house to S. 175 (12 stat 594, app. July 17, 1862), a bill to define the pay and…Senate · Jun 20, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 364. (p. 2818-2)Senate · Jun 19, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 364. (p. 2817-1)Senate · Jun 19, 1862
To amend H.R. 364 by authorizing the President to appoint a board of engineers for the northern pacific railroad route.Senate · Jun 19, 1862
To amend H.R. 364 by striking out the provision for a northerly or sioux city branch of the railroad. (p. 2806-2)Senate · Jun 19, 1862
To amend H.R. 364 by providing that the hannibal and ST. Joseph railroad unite near atchison kansas. (p. 2812-1, 2)Senate · Jun 19, 1862
To amend H.R. 364 (12 stat 489, app. July 1, 1862), a bill to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line…Senate · Jun 19, 1862
To agree to the seventh amendment of the House Of Representatives to S. 175 (12 stat 594, july 17, 1862), a bill to…Senate · Jun 19, 1862
To consider the resolution on the adjournment of Congress on the 30th instant. (p. 2800-2)Senate · Jun 19, 1862
To amend H.R. 364 by providing that railroad company telegraph lines shall not compete with commercial lines…Senate · Jun 18, 1862
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 364 which proposes to cut off 50 miles of railroad along the missouri river, and to…Senate · Jun 18, 1862
To amend H.R. 364 (12 stat 489, app. July 1, 1862), a bill to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line…Senate · Jun 17, 1862
To disagree with the report of the committee on conference and ask for a further conference on H.R. 413 (12 stat 535…Senate · Jun 17, 1862
To pass a resolution fixing the hour of daily meetings of the Senate at 11 o'clock a.m. (p. 2732-3)Senate · Jun 16, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on a resolution to fix the hour of the daily meetings of the Senate. (p. 2736-2)Senate · Jun 16, 1862
To postpone consideration of H.R. 364 (12 stat 489, app. July 1, 1862), a bill to aid in the construction of a…Senate · Jun 16, 1862
To amend H.R. 423 by providing that each senator may make one nomination to fill a vacancy in the naval school. (p…Senate · Jun 16, 1862
To amend H.R. 423 by inserting a proviso that the bill does not direct the re-establishment of the naval academy at at…Senate · Jun 16, 1862
To reconsider the vote adopting an amendment to H.R. 423 providing for the appointment of a commission to determine a…Senate · Jun 16, 1862
To amend an amendment to H.R. 423 striking out appropriations for the academy at annapolis; which amendment thereto…Senate · Jun 16, 1862
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 423 providing for the appointment of a commission of congressmen and navy officers…Senate · Jun 16, 1862
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 423, made in the committee of the whole, providing that slaves shall not be employed…Senate · Jun 16, 1862
To go into executive session, motion made during consideration of H.R. 423. (no quorum.) (p. 2708-1, 2)Senate · Jun 13, 1862
To amend H.R. 423 by striking out the appropriations for the naval academy at newport, and inserting appropriations…Senate · Jun 13, 1862
To concur in an amendment, made in the committee of the whole, to an amendment to H.R. 423 making appropriations for…Senate · Jun 13, 1862
To amend an amendment to H.R. 423 making appropriations for the naval academy, by prohibiting the re-establishment of…Senate · Jun 13, 1862
To amend H.R. 423 (12 stat 561, july 14, 1862), a bill making appropriations for the naval service for the year ending…Senate · Jun 13, 1862
To go into executive session, motion made during consideration of H.R. 364 (12 stat 489, app. July 1, 1862), a bill to…Senate · Jun 12, 1862
To pass H.R. 354 (12 stat 905, app. June 17, 1862), a bill for the relief of lieutenant ulysses s. Grant. (p. 2658-3…Senate · Jun 12, 1862
To adjourn. (no quorum voted.)Senate · Jun 12, 1862
To reconsider several nominations. (p. 345)Senate · Jun 12, 1862
To reconsider the vote consenting to the appointment of thomas clowes as deputy postmaster at troy, n. Y.Senate · Jun 12, 1862
To postpone pending and all prior orders, and to consider H.R. 364 (12 stat 489, app. July 1, 1862), a bill to aid in…Senate · Jun 11, 1862
To consent to the appointment of henry h. Lockwood of delaware as a brigadier-general in the volunteer force.Senate · Jun 11, 1862
To reconsider the vote refusing to consent to the appointment of henry h. Lockwood of delaware, as a brigadier general.Senate · Jun 11, 1862
To consent to the appointment of john m. Cuyler as a medical inspector in the U.S. Army, with the rank of lieutenant…Senate · Jun 11, 1862
To consider S. 329 (12 stat 538, app. July 12, 1862), a bill to amend the fugitive slave law. (p. 2638-2)Senate · Jun 10, 1862
To amend H.R. 393 (12 stat 533, app.june 11, 1862), a bill making further appropriations for sundry civil expenses of…Senate · Jun 10, 1862
To amend H.R. 393 (12 stat 533, app. July 11, 1862), a bill making further appropriations for sundry civil expenses of…Senate · Jun 10, 1862
To pass S. 298. (p. 2634-2)Senate · Jun 10, 1862
To amend S. 298 by adding a section requiring the governors of the states to which scrips shall be issued, to report…Senate · Jun 10, 1862
To amend an amendment to S. 298 limiting the amount of land to be located in any one of the states, by adding " or…Senate · Jun 10, 1862
To amend S. 298 by providing that this act take effect on jan. 1, 1864. (p. 2630-1)Senate · Jun 10, 1862
To reconsider the vote adopting the amendment to S. 298 regarding land scrips and assignments. (p. 2627-1)Senate · Jun 10, 1862
To amend S. 298 (12 stat 503, app. July 2, 1862), a bill donating public lands to the several states and territories…Senate · Jun 10, 1862
To pass S. 281 (12 stat 430, app. June 17, 1862), a bill prescribing an additional oath to be taken by grand and petit…Senate · Jun 9, 1862
To pass H.R. 374 (12 stat 432, app. June 9, 1862), a bill to secure freedom to all persons within the territories of…Senate · Jun 9, 1862
To consider H.R. 374 (12 stat 432, app. June 19, 1862), a bill to secure freedom to all persons within the territories…Senate · Jun 9, 1862
To adjourn until june 26, 1862, and, as w. H. Humphreys has failed to make an appearance to answer the articles of…Senate · Jun 9, 1862
To adjourn until june 26, motion made during the proceedings on the re-impeachment of west h. Humphreys, judge of the…Senate · Jun 9, 1862
To adjourn, that when the Senate adjourns today, it meet again on monday next. (p. 2611-2)Senate · Jun 6, 1862
To pass H.R. 312. (p. 2611-1)Senate · Jun 6, 1862
To amend H.R. 312, by inserting the words, "except those under ten and over sixty years of age." (p. 2605-3)Senate · Jun 6, 1862
To reconsider the vote adopting the amendment to H.R. 312 which imposes a tax on each slave, to be paid by the owner…Senate · Jun 6, 1862
To consider the resolution to expel benjamin stark of oregon from the Senate, for disloyalty to the U.S. (p. 2596-3)Senate · Jun 6, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by imposing a tax on each slave, to be paid by the owner, but providing that no slave shall be sold…Senate · Jun 5, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting, as a substitute for the bill, a…Senate · Jun 5, 1862
To refer H.R. 312 to the committee on finance, with instructions to draw up and report a bill which would be…Senate · Jun 5, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by eliminating the ad valorem tax on paper of every description. (p. 2579-2)Senate · Jun 5, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by making the revenue derivable from government securities stand on the same basis with revenue…Senate · Jun 5, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by providing for the deduction of the duty on raw cotton from the duty on manufactured cotton. (p…Senate · Jun 5, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by demanding the purchase of licenses by retail and wholesale grocers. (p. 2578-2)Senate · Jun 5, 1862
To reconsider the vote on the amendment to H.R. 312 reducing the tax on cotton. (p. 2577-2)Senate · Jun 5, 1862
To reconsider the vote by which the Senate agreed to the amendment to H.R. 312 relating to a tax on coal. (p. 2576-2)Senate · Jun 5, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by striking out the provision authorizing gas companies to add the gas tax to the price of gas. (p…Senate · Jun 5, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by eliminating several specific taxes, and instead levy a pro rata tax on incomes over $600. (p…Senate · Jun 5, 1862
To amend the 17th section of H.R. 312 by substituting provisions for the pay and expenses of assessors appointed under…Senate · Jun 5, 1862
To postpone further consideration of H.R. 357 (12 stat 664, app. Feb. 24, 1863), a bill to provide a temporary…Senate · Jun 5, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by providing that more definite compensation be paid to assessors in the collection districts, and…Senate · Jun 4, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by providing for a tax on gold or silver plate, and on billiard tables. (p. 2559-1)Senate · Jun 4, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by striking out the part providing for a tax to be paid by persons or companies engaged in…Senate · Jun 4, 1862
To reconsider the vote by which the Senate rejected an amendment reducing the tax on the receipts of insurance…Senate · Jun 4, 1862
To amend an amendment to H.R. 312 taxing the receipts of insurance companies; which amendment provides that said tax…Senate · Jun 4, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by providing for a quarterly tax on the receipts of any insurance company doing business in the U.S…Senate · Jun 4, 1862
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 312 by striking out the clause levying a tax to be paid by any person owning a…Senate · Jun 4, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by reducing the tax on cotton. (p. 2549-1)Senate · Jun 4, 1862
To reconsider the vote rejecting the amendment to H.R. 312 which proposed to reduce the tax on cotton. (p. 2546-3)Senate · Jun 4, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 312. (p. 2526-3)Senate · Jun 3, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by reducing the tax on cotton. (p. 2524-3)Senate · Jun 3, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 312. (p. 2524-3)Senate · Jun 3, 1862
To reconsider the vote rejecting the amendment to H.R. 312, which eliminates a tax on wine made from grapes. (p. 2522-1)Senate · Jun 3, 1862
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 312 which strikes out the tax on wine made from grapes. (p. 2521-3)Senate · Jun 3, 1862
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 312 which places a duty on coal. (p. 2520-3, 2521-1)Senate · Jun 3, 1862
To amend an amendment to H.R. 312 by increasing the duty on liquors. (p. 2519-1)Senate · Jun 3, 1862
To pass H.R. 391 (12 stat 501, app. July 1, 1862), a bill to punish practice of polygamy in the territories of the…Senate · Jun 3, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 312. (p. 2492-3)Senate · Jun 2, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by providing that no part of the money arising from the provisions of this bill shall be used for…Senate · Jun 2, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by adding a duty on liquor held for sale. (p. 2480-2)Senate · Jun 2, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by providing for a duty on articles of leather or deer skin. (p. 2480-1)Senate · Jun 2, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by providing that the taxes on all articles manufactured and sold before the passage of this act…Senate · Jun 2, 1862
To consider S. 281 (12 stat 430, app. June 17, 1862), a bill prescribing an additional oath to be taken by grand and…Senate · Jun 2, 1862
To amend S. 312 by providing that all taxes on articles manufactured and sold before the passage of this act are to be…Senate · May 31, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 312. (p. 2472-1)Senate · May 31, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 312. (p. 2466-2)Senate · May 31, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by excepting savings banks from a proposed tax on the income of savings and insurance institutions…Senate · May 31, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by striking out the provision for a duty on the interest of U.S. Notes, bonds, and other securities…Senate · May 31, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 312.Senate · May 30, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by increasing the duty on whiskey. (p. 2443-3)Senate · May 30, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 312. (p. 2448)Senate · May 30, 1862
To postpone further consideration of H.R. 312.Senate · May 30, 1862
To postpone special orders and to consider S. 298 (12 stat 503, app. July 2, 1862), a bill donating public lands to…Senate · May 30, 1862
To concur in an amendment made in the committee of the whole, to H.R. 312, providing for an annual tax of two dollars…Senate · May 29, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by reducing the annual tax on all slaves. (p. 2419-3)Senate · May 29, 1862
To amend an amendment to H.R. 312 which provides for an annual tax on each slave, by adding that the tax shall not be…Senate · May 29, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by striking out the part levying an annual tax on each slave, and inserting provisions for a tax on…Senate · May 29, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by striking out the clause requiring retail dealers in liquor to purchase licenses. (p. 2400-1)Senate · May 28, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 by striking out the clause referring to a tax on cotton. (p. 2366-3)Senate · May 27, 1862
To reconsider the vote agreeing to an amendment to H.R. 312 (12 stat 432, app. July 1, 1862), a bill to provide…Senate · May 27, 1862
To refer to the committee on public lands, S. 208 (12 stat 797, app. Mar. 3, 1863), a bill donating public lands to…Senate · May 23, 1862
To consider S. 298 (12 stat 503, app. July 2, 1862), a bill donating public lands to the several states and…Senate · May 22, 1862
To amend H.R. 312 (12 stat 432, app. July 1, 1862), a bill to provide internal revenue to support the government and…Senate · May 21, 1862
To dispense with prior orders, including S. 310. (p. 2250-1)Senate · May 21, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 310. (p. 2229-3)Senate · May 20, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 310. (p. 2205-2)Senate · May 19, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 310. (p. 2205-2)Senate · May 19, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 310. (p. 2204-2)Senate · May 19, 1862
To amend S. 310 by providing that no slave be emancipated under this act until he is taken into the possession of some…Senate · May 19, 1862
To amend S. 310 by providing that instead of a fine, the guilty party forfeit all property to the U.S. (p. 2198-2)Senate · May 19, 1862
To amend S. 310 by striking out the eleventh section which authorizes the President to employ as many negroes as he…Senate · May 19, 1862
To amend S. 310 by inserting a proviso that all property of persons convicted under this act be first subject to the…Senate · May 19, 1862
To amend the third section of S. 310 which provides that any person guilty of the offenses described in this act be…Senate · May 19, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 310. (p. 2224-3)Senate · May 19, 1862
To consider H.R. 364 (12 stat 489, app. July 1, 1862), a bill to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph…Senate · May 19, 1862
To amend S. 310 by striking out the second section which provides for the imprisonment or forfeiture of property, and…Senate · May 16, 1862
To amend S. 310 by striking out section one which provides that the crime of treason be punishable by death or…Senate · May 16, 1862
To amend the first section of S. 310, by providing that any person convicted of treason against the U.S. May be…Senate · May 16, 1862
To consider S. 310 (12 stat 389, app. July 17, 1862), a bill to suppress insurrection, punish treason and rebellion…Senate · May 16, 1862
To adjourn, that when the Senate adjourns today, it meet again on monday next.Senate · May 16, 1862
To agree to the report of the committee of conference on S. 178 (12 stat 388, app. May 17, 1862), a bill to…Senate · May 15, 1862
To amend H.R. 260 by reducing the appropriations for a treaty with the nez perce indians of oregon and washington…Senate · May 14, 1862
To amend H.R. 260 by reducing the appropriations for negotiating a treaty with the chippewas of minnesota. (p. 2119-2…Senate · May 14, 1862
To concur in the amendment to H.R. 260 (12 stat 512, app. July 5, 1862), a bill making appropriations for the current…Senate · May 14, 1862
To sustain the decision of the chair regarding the arrests in kentucky resolution; which decision states that the…Senate · May 14, 1862
To amend the arrests in kentucky resolution by substituting that the President communicate to the Senate any…Senate · May 14, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on a resolution directing the secretary of state to furnish information as to…Senate · May 14, 1862
To make H.R. 364 (12 stat 489, app. July 1, 1862), a bill to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line…Senate · May 13, 1862
To table a resolution of the House Of Representatives, fixing a day for closing the present session of Congress.Senate · May 12, 1862
To pass S. 292 (12 stat 422, app. June (, 1862), a bill to collect direct taxes in the insurrectionary districts of…Senate · May 12, 1862
To amend S. 292 (12 stat 422, app. June 7, 1862), a bill to collect direct taxes in the insurrectionary districts of…Senate · May 12, 1862
To consent to the nomination of daniel e. Sickles as a brigadier-general in the volunteer force.Senate · May 12, 1862
To adjourn.Senate · May 12, 1862
To pass S. 290 (12 stat 407, app. May 21, 1862), a bill to educate colored children in washington, d. C.Senate · May 9, 1862
To pass H.R. 269. (p. 2017-1)Senate · May 8, 1862
To concur in the substitute amendment to H.R. 269, which amendment provides that a bureau of agriculture and…Senate · May 8, 1862
To amend H.R. 269 (12 stat 387, app. May 15, 1862), a bill to establish a department of agriculture, by substituting…Senate · May 8, 1862
To amend S. 297, a bill limiting the number of major and brigadier generals, by decreasing the number of brigadier…Senate · May 8, 1862
To amend S. 178 (12 stat 388, app. May 17, 1862), a bill to incorporate the washington and georgetown railway company…Senate · May 7, 1862
To refer S. 151 to a select committee for consideration and report. (p. 1954-2)Senate · May 6, 1862
To postpone consideration of S. 151, a bill to confiscate the property and free the slaves of rebels, and to consider…Senate · May 6, 1862
TO PASS H.R. 125. (p. 1951-2)Senate · May 6, 1862
To amend H.R. 125 by providing that all commissioned and non-commissioned officers, privates and volunteers performing…Senate · May 6, 1862
To postpone consideration of H.R. 125 (12 stat 392, app. May 20, 1862), a bill to secure homesteads to actual settlers…Senate · May 5, 1862
To refer S. 151, a bill to confiscate the property and free the slaves of rebels, to a select committee.Senate · Apr 30, 1862
To amend an amendment to the motion to recommit to committee S. 151, a bill to cinfiscate the property and free the…Senate · Apr 30, 1862
To pass S. 266, a bill for the more convenient enforcement of the laws of the U.S. Concerning security, to keep the…Senate · Apr 28, 1862
To consent to the nomination of james shields of california to be brigadier general in the volunteer force.Senate · Apr 28, 1862
To pass S. 75, a bill to establish a line of steam mail ships between san francisco and shanghai, touching at the…Senate · Apr 25, 1862
To order the engrossment and third reading of S. 75, a bill to establish a steamship line to china, and for other…Senate · Apr 25, 1862
To consent to the nomination of henry h. Lockwood of delaware as a brigadier general in the volunteer force.Senate · Apr 25, 1862
To consent to the nomination of major henry w. Wessells to be brigadier general of the volunteer force.Senate · Apr 25, 1862
To consent to the nomination of john cochrane of new york as a brigadier general.Senate · Apr 25, 1862
To consent to the nomination of george cadwallader of pennsylvania, as a major-general of volunteers.Senate · Apr 25, 1862
To pass S. 184 (12 stat 421, app. June 15, 1862), a bill to authorize diplomatic relations with haiti and liberia. (p…Senate · Apr 24, 1862
To amend S. 184 (12 stat 421, app. June 5, 1862), a bill to authorize diplomatic relations with haiti and liberia…Senate · Apr 24, 1862
To amend S. 151 by providing that confiscation shall apply to persons levying war against the U.S. Or adhering to…Senate · Apr 24, 1862
To amend S. 151 by making confiscation apply only to traitors. (p. 1813-1)Senate · Apr 24, 1862
To consent to the nomination of george cadwallader of pennsylvania, as a major general of the volunteers.Senate · Apr 24, 1862
To go into executive session, motion made during consideration of S. 151, a bill to confiscate the property and free…Senate · Apr 23, 1862
To amend H.R. 269 (12 stat 387, app. May 15, 1862), a bill to establish a department of agriculture and to acquire and…Senate · Apr 22, 1862
To consent to the nomination of carl schurz of wisconsin as a brigadier general.Senate · Apr 15, 1862
To consent to the nomination of edwin d. Morgan as a major-general in the volunteer force.Senate · Apr 15, 1862
To pass a resolution consenting to the extension of time for the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty between…Senate · Apr 15, 1862