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113,568 recorded House and Senate votes since 1789, newest first (page 364 of 455)

To pass S. 237, a bill to remove all disqualifications of color in carrying the mails, and to remove all acts…Senate · Apr 11, 1862
To pass the resolution, as amended, providing that the President of the U.S. Be requested to communicate to the…Senate · Apr 11, 1862
To refer S. 236, a bill to continue a pension to christine barnard, to the committee on pensions.Senate · Apr 11, 1862
To go into executive session, motion made during consideration of S. 151, a bill to confiscate the property and free…Senate · Apr 10, 1862
To pass S. 166, a bill to regulate the compensation of district attorneys. (p. 1583-2)Senate · Apr 9, 1862
To ratify the treaty of commerce and navigation between the U.S. And the ottoman empire, signed at constantinople…Senate · Apr 9, 1862
To ratify the treaty between the U.S. And mexico for the extradition of criminals, concluded at mexico, dec. 11, 1861…Senate · Apr 9, 1862
To decide whether a clause should be retained in article 3 of the treaty between the U.S. And mexico (12 stat 1199)…Senate · Apr 9, 1862
To retain in the treaty between the U.S. And mexico, article 2 relating to extradition of criminals.Senate · Apr 9, 1862
To postpone indefinitely the nomination of edwin d. Morgan as a major general in the volunteer force.Senate · Apr 9, 1862
To pass the second article to the treaty with mexico, which provides for the extradition from one state to another of…Senate · Apr 8, 1862
To table the motion that all prior orders be postponed, so as to consider the treaty between the U.S. And mexico for…Senate · Apr 8, 1862
To concur in the amendment, made in the committee of the whole, to S. 231, a bill providing for the works supplying…Senate · Apr 4, 1862
To amend S. 231, a bill providing for the works supplying potomac water to washington and georgetown; which amendment…Senate · Apr 4, 1862
To pass S. 108. (p. 1526-3)Senate · Apr 3, 1862
To amend S. 108 by providing appropriations for the colonization of free persons of african descent who may desire to…Senate · Apr 3, 1862
To amend S. 108 by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting that the question of freeing the slaves in…Senate · Apr 3, 1862
To amend section 4 of S. 108 by providing that compensation for slaves freed in the district of columbia be divided…Senate · Apr 3, 1862
To amend S. 108 by striking out all after the enactng clause and inserting that the question of freeing the slaves in…Senate · Apr 3, 1862
To amend S. 108 by providing that the commissioners be given power to subpoena and compel the attendance of witnesses…Senate · Apr 3, 1862
To pass H.J.RES. 48 (12 stat 617, app. Apr. 10, 1862), a resolution declaring that Congress cooperate by affording…Senate · Apr 2, 1862
To amend S. 108 by adding to amendment which was offered as a substitute for the original bill, the proviso that the…Senate · Apr 1, 1862
To amend S. 108 (12 stat 376, app. Apr. 16, 1862), a bill for the release of certain persons held to service or labor…Senate · Apr 1, 1862
To concur in amendment, made in the committee of the whole, to H.R. 242; which amendment makes appropriations for the…Senate · Mar 28, 1862
To amend H.R. 242 by making appropriations for the completion of an iron-clad warship, provided that the secretary of…Senate · Mar 28, 1862
To amend an amendment to H.R. 242 by providing that the appropriations for an iron-clad warship, made in the…Senate · Mar 28, 1862
To amend an amendment to H.R. 242 (12 stat 380, app. Apr. 17, 1862), a bill making appropriations for the naval…Senate · Mar 28, 1862
To amend S. 108 by providing that within 30 days after liberation of persons of african descent, the federal…Senate · Mar 26, 1862
To amend the H.J.RES. 48 (12 stat 617, app. Apr. 10, 1862), a resolution providing that the government of the U.S…Senate · Mar 26, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 108. (p. 1356-2)Senate · Mar 25, 1862
To amend S. 108 by providing that within 30 days after liberation of persons of african descent, the federal…Senate · Mar 25, 1862
To order the engrossment and third reading of S.J.RES. 50 (12 stat 617, app. Apr. 16, 1862), a bill to transfer the…Senate · Mar 25, 1862
To concur in the amendment, made in the committee of the whole, for the immigration of free people of african descent…Senate · Mar 24, 1862
To amend S. 108 by making appropriations for the emigration of free people of african descent in the district of…Senate · Mar 24, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 108 (12 stat 376, app apr. 10, 1862), a bill for the release of certain…Senate · Mar 21, 1862
To postpone until wednesday next, S. 191, a bill for the establishment of a national foundry and furnace for the…Senate · Mar 21, 1862
To consent to the appointment of thomas clowes as deputy postmaster at troy, new york.Senate · Mar 20, 1862
To pass S. 235, a bill providing for the organization of army corps, of staffs attached to the corps, and of divisions…Senate · Mar 19, 1862
To pass the resolution, as amended, providing that papers relating to loyalty of benjamin stark be withdrawn from the…Senate · Mar 18, 1862
To table the resolution that the papers relating to the loyalty of benjamin stark be referred to the judiciary…Senate · Mar 18, 1862
To adjourn.Senate · Mar 18, 1862
To consent to the nomination of LT. Colonel w. H. Emory as a brigadier general of the volunteers.Senate · Mar 17, 1862
To postpone consideration of the appointment of edwin d. Morgan as a major general in the volunteer force until april…Senate · Mar 17, 1862
To table the appointment of edwin d. Morgan as a major-general in the volunteer force.Senate · Mar 17, 1862
To pass the resolution that the l. W. Powell, a senator from kentucky, be expelled from the Senate because he has…Senate · Mar 14, 1862
To consent to the nomination of irvin MC dowell.Senate · Mar 14, 1862
To postpone consideration of S. 108 (12 stat 376, app. Apr. 16, 1862), a bill for the release of certain persons held…Senate · Mar 13, 1862
To pass S. 175.Senate · Mar 12, 1862
To amend S. 175 by striking out the sixteenth section which halves the mileage allowed to congressmen. (p. 1181-1)Senate · Mar 12, 1862
To amend S. 175 by striking out the ninth section which provides for a reduction of the salaries of all government…Senate · Mar 12, 1862
To amend S. 175 (12 stat 5948 app. July 17, 1862), a bill to define the pay and emolument of certain officers of the…Senate · Mar 12, 1862
To concur in the amendment to H.R. 341 (12 stat 370, app mar. 17, 1862), a bill to authorize the purchase of coin, and…Senate · Mar 11, 1862
To pass H.R. 299. (p. 1143-2)Senate · Mar 10, 1862
To amend H.R. 299 by prohibiting all persons in the military or naval service from returning fugitive slaves to any…Senate · Mar 10, 1862
To amend H.R. 299 so as to prevent persons from enticing or decoying a slave from the service of a loyal master. (p…Senate · Mar 10, 1862
To amend H.R. 299 (12 stat 354, app mar. 13, 1862), a bill to make an additional article of war: which amendment…Senate · Mar 10, 1862
To pass S. 201, a bill to provide for the occupation and cultivation of lands in the possession of the U.S., lying…Senate · Mar 7, 1862
To postpone consideration of S. 151, a bill to confiscate the property and free the slaves of the rebels. (p. 1115-1)Senate · Mar 7, 1862
To postpone all prior orders and consider S. 201, a bill to provide for the occupation and cultivation of land in the…Senate · Mar 7, 1862
To adjourn.Senate · Mar 7, 1862
To consider executive business at one o'clock tomorrow.Senate · Mar 6, 1862
To commit to the committee on the judiciary, the nomination of moses kelly as register of wills for washington, d. C.Senate · Mar 6, 1862
To amend S. 175 (12 stat 594, app july 17, 1862), a bill to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the…Senate · Mar 5, 1862
To consent to the nomination of samuel d. Sturgis as a brigadier general of the volunteers.Senate · Mar 5, 1862
To amend the treaty between the U.S. And mexico for the extradition of criminals by striking out article 2, which…Senate · Mar 4, 1862
To concur in the amendment to H.R. 208 (12 stat 355, app feb. 14, 1862), a bill making appropriations for the…Senate · Feb 28, 1862
To postpone the special order of business, S. 151, a bill to confiscate property and free the slaves of rebels. (p…Senate · Feb 28, 1862
To table the resolution that the papers relating to the loyalty of MR. Stark of oregon be referred to the judiciary…Senate · Feb 28, 1862
To amend S. 188 (12 stat 378, app apr. 16, 1862), a bill to increase the efficiency of the medical department of the…Senate · Feb 27, 1862
To pass the resolution that MR. Stark of oregon is entitled to take the constitutional oath of office as senator. (p…Senate · Feb 27, 1862
To amend the resolution that MR. Stark of oregon is entitled to take oath of office as a senator from that state, by…Senate · Feb 27, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on the report of the judiciary committee on the application of MR. Stark to be…Senate · Feb 26, 1862
To go into executive session. (p. 947-1)Senate · Feb 25, 1862
To postpone the special order of business, a resolution affirming the right of benjamin stark to take the…Senate · Feb 25, 1862
To pass the mexico and european powers resolution, as amended by the provision that it is not advisable to negotiate a…Senate · Feb 25, 1862
To amend the mexico and european powers resolution, by providing that it is not advisable to negotiate a treaty that…Senate · Feb 25, 1862
To amend the resolution regarding instructions to the U.S. Minister in mexico and regarding a treaty with said…Senate · Feb 25, 1862
To amend H.J.RES. 37 (12 stat 614, app mar. 6, 1862), a bill relating to certain railroads in missouri; which…Senate · Feb 20, 1862
To concur in the amendment to H.R. 209 (12 stat 344, app feb. 25, 1862), a bill making appropriations for the support…Senate · Feb 20, 1862
To consent to the nomination of james shields as brigadier-general in the volunteer force.Senate · Feb 19, 1862
To amend an amendment to S. 153 (12 stat 597, app july 17, 1862), a bill for the better organization of the cavalry…Senate · Feb 17, 1862
To recommit to the committee on military affairs, S. 175 (12 stat 594, app july 17, 1862), a bill to define the pay…Senate · Feb 14, 1862
To table the resolution providing that the employment of an agent to make purchases for the government on commission…Senate · Feb 14, 1862
To pass H.R. 240. (p. 762-3)Senate · Feb 13, 1862
To amend H.R. 240 by providing that the secretary of the treasury may receive U.S. Notes and shall issue therefor…Senate · Feb 13, 1862
To amend H.R. 240 by eliminating the legal tender clause in the bill. (p. 788-2)Senate · Feb 13, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 240 (12 stat 345, app feb. 25, 1862), a bill authorizing the issue of…Senate · Feb 12, 1862
To pass H.R. 156.Senate · Feb 12, 1862
To amend H.R. 156 by reducing the appropriations, and by providing for the specification of expenditures assigned to…Senate · Feb 12, 1862
To amend H.R. 156 (12 stat 341, app feb. 20, 1862), a bill making appropriations for certain fortifications and works…Senate · Feb 11, 1862
To table the resolutions declaratory of the relations between the U.S. And the territory once occupied by certain…Senate · Feb 11, 1862
To concur in the amendment to H.R. 154 (12 stat 348, app mar. 1, 1862), a bill making appropriations for sundry civil…Senate · Feb 7, 1862
To amend S. 175 (12 stat 594, app july 17, 1862), a bill to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the…Senate · Feb 6, 1862
To amend S. 175 (12 stat 594, app july 17, 1862), a bill to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the…Senate · Feb 6, 1862
To amend S. 175 (12 stat 594, app july 17, 1862), a bill to define the pay and emoluments of certain officers of the…Senate · Feb 5, 1862
To pass a resolution to expel jesse d. Bright of indiana from his seat in the Senate, for writing a letter calculated…Senate · Feb 5, 1862
To consent to the ratification of a treaty between the U.S., and the king of hanover concerning the abolition of the…Senate · Feb 3, 1862
To pass S.J.RES. 38, a resolution relating to the exhibition of the industry of all nations, to be held in london in…Senate · Jan 31, 1862
To postpone all special orders and to consider H.R. 153, a bill providing for the construction of iron-clad steam…Senate · Jan 31, 1862
To pass the resolution, as amended, to print copies of the Senate proceedings on the decease of senators baker and…Senate · Jan 30, 1862
To pass S. 169. (p. 519-2)Senate · Jan 28, 1862
To amend S. 169 by providing that all employees of said railroads become part of the military force of the U.S., and…Senate · Jan 28, 1862
To amend S. 169 by providing that any person interfering with or destroying any railroad property being used by the…Senate · Jan 28, 1862
To amend S. 169 by providing that where the rebels prevent the dispensing of judicial justice, any person interfering…Senate · Jan 28, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of S. 169 (12 stat 334, app jan. 31, 1862), a bill authorizing the…Senate · Jan 28, 1862
To amend S. 89 (12 stat 576, app jan. 15, 1862), an act to amend the judicial system of the U.S.; which amendment…Senate · Jan 24, 1862
To consent to the nomination of noah h. Swayne, as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme court.Senate · Jan 24, 1862
To amend H.R. 219 (12 stat 333, app jan. 24, 1862), a bill to enforce the attendance of witnesses before committees of…Senate · Jan 22, 1862
To order the engrossment and third reading of S.J.RES. 34 (12 stat 612, app jan. 25, 1862), a resolution authorizing…Senate · Jan 21, 1862
To pass H.J.RES. 32 (12 stat 612, app jan. 21, 1862), a bill to impose a tax to pay ordinary expenses, interest on…Senate · Jan 17, 1862
To consent to the nomination of simon cameron of pennsylvania to be envoy extraordinary and minister pleniprotentiary…Senate · Jan 17, 1862
To amend the resolution providing that james h. Lane is not entitled to a seat in this body as a senator from kansas…Senate · Jan 16, 1862
To adjourn.Senate · Jan 16, 1862
To adjourn.Senate · Jan 16, 1862
To consent to the nomination of edwin m. Stauton as secretary of war.Senate · Jan 15, 1862
To pass S. 137, a bill regarding the administration of criminal justice in the district of columbia, as amended.Senate · Jan 14, 1862
To amend S. 137, a bill regarding the administration of criminal justice in the district of columbia; which amendment…Senate · Jan 14, 1862
To pass the resolution that the secretary of war be directed to inform the Senate as to what contracts have been made…Senate · Jan 14, 1862
To permit f. P. Stanton to address the Senate during pendency of the resolution that james h. Lane is not entitled to…Senate · Jan 13, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of S. 136 (12 stat 371, app mar. 19, 1862), a bill providing for the…Senate · Jan 10, 1862
To pass the resolution providing that the oath prescribed by law be not administered to benjamin stark, senatorelect…Senate · Jan 10, 1862
To amend a resolution providing that the oath prescribed by law be not administered to benjamin stark and that his…Senate · Jan 10, 1862
To pass the resolution expelling from the Senate, trusten polk, senator from missouri, now a traitor to the United…Senate · Jan 10, 1862
To pass a resolution providing that waldo p. Johnson, a senator from missouri, by his sympathy with and participation…Senate · Jan 10, 1862
To pass H.J.RES. 26 (12 stat 611, jan. 11, 1862), a resolution explanatory of an act to increase the duties on tea…Senate · Jan 9, 1862
To postpone until tomorrow consideration of H.R. 160 (12 stat 332, app jan. 21, 1862), an act to promote the…Senate · Jan 9, 1862
To postpone S. 126, an act regarding the arrest of persons claimed to be held to service or labor by the officers of…Senate · Jan 7, 1862
To pass S. 101, an act to increase the number of cadets in the military academy at west point. (p. 206-2)Senate · Jan 7, 1862
To pass an amendment to S. 89 (12 stat 576, app july 15, 1862), an act to amend an act supplementary to an act to…Senate · Jan 7, 1862
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of S. 19 (12 stat 537, app. July 11, 1862), an act to establish an armory…Senate · Jan 6, 1862
To concur in the house resolution that when the house adjourns today, it meet again on jan. 2, 1862. (no quorum.)Senate · Dec 23, 1861
To postpone consideration of a resolution to adjourn for the christmas holidays. (p. 144-2)Senate · Dec 19, 1861
To table the resolution for adjournment for the christmas holidays. (p. 144-1)Senate · Dec 19, 1861
To consider the house resolution providing for an adjournment for the christmas holidays. (p. 143-3)Senate · Dec 19, 1861
To recommit to the committee on the judiciary for further investigation, the memorial of MR. Stanton respecting his…Senate · Dec 18, 1861
To refer to the committee on the judiciary the resolution that the secretary of state inform the Senate, whether and…Senate · Dec 16, 1861
To amend a Senate concurrent resolution providing for the investigation of military defeats at bull run and edwards…Senate · Dec 9, 1861
To pass the resolution to expel john c. Breckenridge from the Senate, for espousing the confederate cause. (p. 9-3)Senate · Dec 4, 1861
To go into executive session, motion made during consideration of the S.J.RES. 1, a resolution to approve and confirm…Senate · Aug 6, 1861
To consider the resolution regarding the arrest and imprisonment of three baltimore police commissioners. (p. 451-2)Senate · Aug 6, 1861
To pass the asbury dickens resolution. (p. 450-3)Senate · Aug 6, 1861
To amend the asbury dickens resolution by entitling d. MC nair, late sergeant-at-arms, to a one year continuance of…Senate · Aug 6, 1861
To consider the resolution providing that the salary of asbury dickens, late secretary of the Senate, be continued for…Senate · Aug 6, 1861
To consider the resolution providing that the 26th rule of the Senate be suspended for the remainder of the present…Senate · Aug 6, 1861
To pass the resolution, as amended, relating to the treaty between the U.S. And the delaware indians, which amendment…Senate · Aug 6, 1861
To amend S. 72 (12 stat 326, app. Aug. 6, 1861), an act to increase the pay of troops; which amendment provides that…Senate · Aug 5, 1861
To pass S. 69 (12 stat 326, app. Aug. 6, 1861), an act to increase the pay of troops. (p. 442-3)Senate · Aug 5, 1861
To consider the report of the committee on the judiciary, examining the credentials of f. P. Stanton, who claims that…Senate · Aug 5, 1861
To amend H.R. 101 (12 stat 317, app. Aug. 6, 1861), an act to promote the efficiency of the engineer and topographical…Senate · Aug 5, 1861
To amend S. 25 (12 stat 319, app. Aug. 6, 1861), an act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes…Senate · Aug 5, 1861
To consider S.J.RES. 4, a resolution proposing certain amendments to the constitution of the U.S., with a view to…Senate · Aug 5, 1861
To consent to the amendment to the resolution relating to the treaty between the U.S. And the delaware indians, which…Senate · Aug 5, 1861
To consnet to the nomination of william h. Emory to be lieutenant-colonel. (p. 506)Senate · Aug 5, 1861
To consent to the nomination of j. M. Potter to be an additional paymaster under the act approved july 5, 1838. (p. 503)Senate · Aug 5, 1861
To postpone until tomorrow further consideration on the nomination of william h. Emory to be lieutenant-colonel. (p…Senate · Aug 5, 1861
To consent to the nomination of john pope to be brigadier-general. (p. 489)Senate · Aug 5, 1861
To consent to the nomination of nathaniel lyon to be brigadier-general. (p. 558, 489)Senate · Aug 5, 1861
To consent to the nomination of benjamin f. Butler to be major-general. (p. 558, 489, 493, 553)Senate · Aug 5, 1861
To reconsider the vote concurring in the house amendment to S. 43 (12 stat 411, app. June 2, 1862), an act to prevent…Senate · Aug 2, 1861
To amend H.R. 96 (12 stat 315, app. Aug. 5, 1861), a bill making further appropriations for the support of the naval…Senate · Aug 2, 1861
To amend H.R. 96 (12 stat 315, app. Aug. 5, 1861), a bill making further appropriations for the support of the naval…Senate · Aug 2, 1861
To concur in the report of the committee on conference, regarding H.R. 54 (12 stat 292, app. Aug. 5, 1861), an act to…Senate · Aug 2, 1861
To reconsider the vote agreeing to the report of the committee of conference regarding S. 41 (12 stat 313, app. Aug…Senate · Aug 2, 1861
To refer to the committee on the judiciary, S.J.RES. 1, a resolution to approve and confirm certain acts of the…Senate · Aug 2, 1861
To consider S.J.RES. 1, a resolution to approve and confirm certain acts of the President of the United States, for…Senate · Aug 2, 1861
To meet at 11 a.m. Tomorrow. (p. 391-3)Senate · Aug 2, 1861
To go into executive session, motion made during consideration of S. 33, an act to suppress insurrection and sedition…Senate · Aug 1, 1861
To postpone until the first monday in december next, S. 33, an act to suppress insurrection and sedition, and for…Senate · Aug 1, 1861
To concur in the report of the second committee on conference on S. 3 (12 stat 287, app. Aug. 3, 1861), an act to…Senate · Aug 1, 1861
To postpone until tomorrow, consideration of S. 33, an act to suppress insurrection and sedition, and for other…Senate · Jul 31, 1861
To concur in the report of the committee of conference on S. 36 (12 stat 286, app. Aug. 3, 1861), an act to provide…Senate · Jul 31, 1861
To amend H.R. 78 (12 stat 285, app. Aug. 2, 1861), an act to amend an act supplemental to an act providing for a naval…Senate · Jul 31, 1861
To reconsider the vote recommitting to the committee on naval affairs, H.R. 78 (12 stat 285, app. Aug. 2, 1861), a…Senate · Jul 31, 1861
To reconsider the vote by which the Senate consented to the nomination of scott w. Updike to be deputy postmaster at…Senate · Jul 31, 1861
To adjourn, motion made during debate on the S. 36 (12 stat 286, app. Aug. 3, 1861), an act to provide for the…Senate · Jul 30, 1861
To agree to the report of the committee of conference on S. 36 (12 stat 286, app. Aug. 3, 1861), an act to provide for…Senate · Jul 30, 1861
To amend a motion to postpone consideration of S. 33. (p. 343-2, 3)Senate · Jul 30, 1861
To table S. 33, an act to suppress insurrection and sedition, and for other purposes. (p. 342-2)Senate · Jul 30, 1861
To pass H.R. 54. (p. 326-1)Senate · Jul 30, 1861
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 54. (p. 323-1)Senate · Jul 29, 1861
To pass H.R. 54. (no quorum.) (p. 323-1)Senate · Jul 29, 1861
To amend H.R. 54 by repealing all acts granting allowances or bounties on the tonnage of vessels employed in cod…Senate · Jul 29, 1861
To adjourn, motion made during debate on H.R. 54. (p. 321-3)Senate · Jul 29, 1861
To amend H.R. 54 by repealing all acts granting allowances or bounties on the tonnage of vessels employed in cod…Senate · Jul 29, 1861
To amend H.R. 54 by striking out the 10th section thereof, which provides for imprisonment as a means of collecting…Senate · Jul 29, 1861
To concur in the 12th section of H.R. 54 which provides that all claims of the government of the U.S. Against the…Senate · Jul 29, 1861
To amend an amendment to H.R. 54 by striking out the section providing for an extra duty on all foreign merchandise…Senate · Jul 29, 1861
To amend an amendment to H.R. 54 (12 stat 292, app. Aug. 5, 1861), an act to provide increased revenue from imports to…Senate · Jul 29, 1861
To pass S.J.RES. 10, which declares the determination of Congress to maintain the supremacy of the government, and the…Senate · Jul 26, 1861
To consent to the nomination of scott w. Updike to be deputy postmaster at rochester, new york. (p. 485, 403)Senate · Jul 26, 1861
To consent to the nomination of ward h. Lamon to be U.S. Marshal for the district of columbia. (p. 485, 439Senate · Jul 26, 1861
To pass the resolution providing that Congress banish all feeling of passion and resentment, and prosecute the war…Senate · Jul 25, 1861
To amend the resolution providing that Congress banish all feeling of passion or resentment, and prosecute the war…Senate · Jul 25, 1861
To pass H.R. 76 (12 stat 279, app. July 27, 1861), an act to provide for the payment of the police force organized by…Senate · Jul 24, 1861
To amend H.R. 53 (12 stat 275, app. July 25, 1861), an act to fix the compensation of the officers of the revenue…Senate · Jul 24, 1861
To print the view of the minority of the committee on the judiciary, protesting the passage of H.R. 45 (12 stat 284…Senate · Jul 24, 1861
To amend S. 25 (12 stat 319, app. Aug. 6, 1861), an act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes…Senate · Jul 22, 1861
To consent to the nomination of miguel a. Otero to be secretary of the territory of new mexico. (p. 472, 397)Senate · Jul 19, 1861
To amend S. 3 by providing that the army and navy shall not be employed to subjugate any state, to reduce it to the…Senate · Jul 18, 1861
To amend an amendment to S. 3 by striking out the enacting clause and inserting that the purpose of this act is to…Senate · Jul 18, 1861
To amend S. 3 by providing that the army and navy shall not be employed to hold any state as a conquered province, nor…Senate · Jul 18, 1861
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 3.Senate · Jul 18, 1861
To amend S. 3 by providing that vacancies at the U.S. Military academy may be filled by the President from districts…Senate · Jul 18, 1861
To amend S. 3, by providing that this act shall not reduce the pay or emoluments of the lieutenant general of the…Senate · Jul 17, 1861
To amend S. 3 by providing that should the brevet lieutenant general be retired under this act, he shall suffer no…Senate · Jul 17, 1861
To amend S. 3 (12 stat 287, app. Aug. 3, 1861), a bill providing for the better organization of the military…Senate · Jul 17, 1861
To concur in the amendment, as amended, to S. 2 (12 stat 279, app. July 29, 1861), an act to increase the present…Senate · Jul 15, 1861
To amend H.R. 14 (12 stat 259, app. July 17, 1861), an act to authorize a national loan, and for other purposes; which…Senate · Jul 13, 1861
To refer to the committee on the judiciary, the credentials of the two senators-elect from virginia, along with the…Senate · Jul 13, 1861
To amend S. 3 (12 stat 287, app. Aug. 3, 1861), an act to provide for the better organization of the military…Senate · Jul 12, 1861
To amend S. 3 (12 stat 287, app. Aug. 3, 1861), an act to provide for the better organization of the military…Senate · Jul 12, 1861
To pass H.R. 16 (12 stat 255, app. July 13, 1861), a bill providing for the collection of duties on imports, and for…Senate · Jul 12, 1861
To pass S. 1 (12 stat 274, app. July 25, 1861), a bill which was reconsidered and amended by the house, and which now…Senate · Jul 12, 1861
To pass a resolution to expel certain senators from the Senate for being engaged in a conspiracy for the obstruction…Senate · Jul 11, 1861
To amend the resolution to expel certain senators from the Senate for being engaged in a conspiracy for the…Senate · Jul 11, 1861
To pass S. 1 (12 stat 274, app. July 25, 1861), a bill to authorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforcing…Senate · Jul 10, 1861
To amend S. 1 (12 stat 274, app. July 25, 1861), a bill to authorize the employment of volunteers to aid in enforging…Senate · Jul 10, 1861
To amend the resolution providing for the purchase of copies of the annals of congres and register of debates, by…Senate · Mar 28, 1861
To consider a resolution providing for the purchase of twenty copies of the annals of Congress and register of debates…Senate · Mar 28, 1861
To consider executive business, motion made during debate on a resolution requesting that the President use any means…Senate · Mar 28, 1861
To consent to the nomination of george w. Lane to be district judge of the U.S. District courts for the northern and…Senate · Mar 28, 1861
To consent to the nomination of carl schurg to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the U.S. To…Senate · Mar 28, 1861
To consent to the nomination of edwin c. Larned to be the U.S. Attorney for the northern district of illinois. (p…Senate · Mar 28, 1861
To adjourn. (no quorum.)Senate · Mar 27, 1861
To go into executive session, motion made during debate on a resolution relating the removal of U.S. Troops from the…Senate · Mar 27, 1861
To adjourn, motion made during debate on a resolution relating to the removal of U.S. Troops from the confederate…Senate · Mar 27, 1861
To go into executive session, motion made during debate on a resolution relating to the removal of U.S. Troops from…Senate · Mar 27, 1861
To consider a resolution to procure for the library, twenty copies of the annals and register of debate of Congress…Senate · Mar 27, 1861
To consent to the nomination of henry h. Fry to be deputy postmaster at columbia, pennsylvania. (p. 352, 317)Senate · Mar 27, 1861
To table a resolution asking the secretary of war to report as to what public works within the confederate states are…Senate · Mar 26, 1861
To consent to the nomination of aaron goodrich, to be secretary of the legation of the U.S. To belgium. (p. 351, 326)Senate · Mar 26, 1861
To table the nomination of aaron goodrich to be secretary of the legation of the U.S. To belgium.Senate · Mar 26, 1861
To consent to the nomination of thomas g. Dryer to be U.S. Commissioner for the hawaiian islands. (p. 350, 315)Senate · Mar 26, 1861
To consent to the nomination of william s. Pennington to be secretary of the legation of the U.S. At paris. (p. 350…Senate · Mar 26, 1861
To go into executive session. (p. 1498-1)Senate · Mar 23, 1861
To postpone consideration of the resolution relating to the election of the officers of the Senate until monday next…Senate · Mar 23, 1861
To postpone consideration of the resolution relating to the election of the officers of the Senate, until the second…Senate · Mar 23, 1861
To take up executive business. (p. 1496-2)Senate · Mar 23, 1861
To postpone until the first monday of next december, the resolution relating to the election of the officers of the…Senate · Mar 23, 1861
To consider the resolution relating to the organization of the officers of the Senate.Senate · Mar 23, 1861
To pass a resolution directing the secretary of Senate to pay to the committee clerks of the Senate of the last…Senate · Mar 23, 1861
To postpone consideration of the resolution relating to the organization of the Senate until the first monday of next…Senate · Mar 22, 1861
To consent to the nomination of MR. Burlingame to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the U.S. To…Senate · Mar 22, 1861
To table the resolution relating to the organization of the Senate. (p. 1483-2)Senate · Mar 21, 1861
To consent to the nomination of charles h. Howe to be a collector of the customs.Senate · Mar 21, 1861
To go into executive session. (p. 1465-3)Senate · Mar 16, 1861
To consent to the nomination of james w. Webb, to be minister resident of the U.S. At constantinople. (p. 310, 319)Senate · Mar 16, 1861
To table the nomination of john d. Defrees, to be superintendent of public printing. (p. 307, 315)Senate · Mar 16, 1861
To consent to the nomination of francis e. Spinner to be U.S. Treasurer. (p. 296, 309)Senate · Mar 16, 1861
To recommit to the committee on finance the nomination of francis e. Spinner to be U.S. Treasurer, with instructions…Senate · Mar 16, 1861