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113,568 recorded House and Senate votes since 1789, newest first (page 378 of 455)

To adjourn, while debating S. 40, a bill making an appropriation for the construction of a harbor at black lake…Senate · Jul 28, 1856
To engross for third reading S. 39, a bill making an appropriation for the construction of a harbor at the mouth of…Senate · Jul 28, 1856
To consider S. 368, (app. 8/18/1856, 11 stat. L. 52), a bill amending an act to remodel the consular and diplomatic…Senate · Jul 28, 1856
To adjourn.Senate · Jul 25, 1856
To refer to the committee of claims S. 332, a bill to pay claim of $2,915.18 to john bronson for loss of merchandise…Senate · Jul 25, 1856
To table S. 38, a bill appropriating $40,000 for the construction of a harbor at the mouth of south black river…Senate · Jul 24, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 37, a bill making appropriations of $50,000 for the construction of a…Senate · Jul 24, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 92, a bill making appropriations for the continued improvement of…Senate · Jul 24, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 92, a bill making appropriations for the improvement of milwaukee harbor…Senate · Jul 23, 1856
To pass S. 90, a bill making appropriations for the continued improvement of kenosha harbor, in wisconsin.Senate · Jul 23, 1856
To pass S. 340, a bill providing payment of the claim of dan pratt for $2,114, being the difference in salary due him…Senate · Jul 23, 1856
To adopt s.j.r. 30, (app. 8/30/1856, 11 stat. L. 151), a resolution authorizing certain naval officers to accept…Senate · Jul 23, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 90, a bill providing for the continued improvement of the harbor at…Senate · Jul 22, 1856
To amend S. 90, a bill making appropriations for continued improvement of the harbor at kenosha, wisconsin, by…Senate · Jul 22, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 89, a bill appropriating $32,992.45 for the continued improvement of…Senate · Jul 22, 1856
To consider the resolution that the notice given to denmark by the President to terminate the treaty relating to sound…Senate · Jul 22, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 88, a bill appropriating $68,780.92 for the continued improvement of the…Senate · Jul 21, 1856
To pass S. 36, a bill making appropriations for the construction of a harbor at marquette, on lake superior, michigan…Senate · Jul 21, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 54, a bill appropriating funds to repair certain harbors in maine.Senate · Jul 21, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 124, a bill providing for an appropriation of $1,800,000 to increase the…Senate · Jul 21, 1856
To pass H.R. 272, a bill paying $1879.06 to the heirs of colonel john hardin, the balance agreed to be due on his…Senate · Jul 18, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 252, a bill repealing so much of the act of 3/3/1855 as provides for the…Senate · Jul 18, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 252, a bill repealing so much of the act of 3/3/1855 as provides for the…Senate · Jul 17, 1856
To consent to the promotion and appointment of john kelley, william gardner, david farragut, stephen b. Wilson and 450…Senate · Jul 17, 1856
To consent to the appointment of joseph b. Hull as capt. In the navy.Senate · Jul 17, 1856
To table the nomination of william c. Nicholson to capt. In the navy.Senate · Jul 16, 1856
To adjourn, during debate on the appointment of william c. Nicholson to capt. In the navy.Senate · Jul 16, 1856
To consent to the appointment of garrett j. Pendergast as capt. In the navy.Senate · Jul 16, 1856
To table the nomination of garrett j. Pendergast as capt. In the navy.Senate · Jul 16, 1856
To adjourn, during debate on promotion of garrett j. Pendergast to capt. In the navy.Senate · Jul 16, 1856
To proceed to consideration of the resolution to promote garrett j. Pendergast and other officers of the navy.Senate · Jul 16, 1856
To pass S. 113.Senate · Jul 15, 1856
To amend, in the nature of a substitute, S. 113, by creating a naval board of inquiry to determine physical and mental…Senate · Jul 15, 1856
To amend S. 113, by striking out the first section: "physical, mental, and professional, and moral fitness of officers…Senate · Jul 15, 1856
To amend S. 113, by a provision that the President be empowered to call a court of inquiry for the purpose of…Senate · Jul 15, 1856
To amend S. 113, by eliminating the provision that captains in command of squadrons shall be denominated flag officers.Senate · Jul 15, 1856
To pass H.R. 417, (app. 7/22/1856, 11 stat. L. 27), a bill for the construction of a road from fort ridgeley, minn…Senate · Jul 15, 1856
To amend H.R. 417, (app. 7/22/1856, 11 stat. L. 27), a bill providing for the construction of a road from fort…Senate · Jul 15, 1856
To adjourn.Senate · Jul 14, 1856
To adjourn.Senate · Jul 14, 1856
To adjourn.Senate · Jul 14, 1856
To amend S. 113, by granting to officers on the retired list, whether dropped or retired, the right to apply for…Senate · Jul 14, 1856
To amend S. 113, by providing for elevation of officers to higher ranks, whenever vacancies in action list exists, by…Senate · Jul 14, 1856
To amend, as in committee of the whole, S. 113, a bill promoting efficiency in the navy, by eliminating the right of a…Senate · Jul 14, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 301, a bill to extend the parent of cyrus h. Mccormick on his reaper.Senate · Jul 11, 1856
To pass H.R. 411.Senate · Jul 8, 1856
To amend H.R. 411, by eliminating all after the enacting clause and inserting new sections to provide for confirmation…Senate · Jul 8, 1856
To amend an amendment to H.R. 411, by prohibiting slavery in the territory ceded by france to the U.S. Called…Senate · Jul 8, 1856
To amend an amendment to H.R. 411, by providing that all acts or proceedings of any body of men claiming to be a…Senate · Jul 8, 1856
To amend the amendment to H.R. 411, a bill authorizing the inhabitants of kansas to form a constitution and state…Senate · Jul 8, 1856
To pass S. 1, (passed over veto 7/8/1856, 11 stat. L. 25), a bill making appropriations for deepening the channel over…Senate · Jul 7, 1856
To pass S. 2,(passed over veto 7/8/1856, 11 stat. L. 25), a bill making appropriations for deepening the channel over…Senate · Jul 7, 1856
To sustain the chair's decision made during debate of S. 14 (passed over veto 7/8/1856, 11 stat. L. 24), a bill…Senate · Jul 7, 1856
To pass S. 356.Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To amend S. 356, by prescribing the boundaries of kansas as a state.Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To pass S. 14 (passed over veto 7/8/1856, 11 stat. L. 24), a bill removing obstructions to navigation at the mouth of…Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To amend S. 356, by eliminating the entire bill after the enacting clause and inserting a provision abrogating and…Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To amend S. 356, by changing the date on which persons must be residents of kansas in order to vote, from 7/4/1856 to…Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To amend S. 356, by providing that there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in said territory…Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To amend S. 356, by providing that while kansas is a territory, the laws to punish persons stating their disbelief in…Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To pass amendment to S. 356 which provides that no law shall be made or have force of effect in said territory which…Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To amend an amendment to S. 356, by providing that no laws shall have effect in said territory which shall require a…Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To amend S. 356, by providing that all acts and proceedings of any body of men assembled in said territory and…Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To amend S. 356, by allowing the people of said territory to exclude slavery or regulate it themselves.Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To amend S. 356, by declaring free any slave who goes to kansas.Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To amend S. 356, a bill authorizing the people of the territory of kansas to form a constitution and state government…Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To order third reading of H.R. 13, (app. 7/14/1856, 11 stat. L. 452), a bill granting right of way to ST. Louis and…Senate · Jul 2, 1856
To postpone special order of the day.Senate · Jul 1, 1856
To engross S. 308,(app. 8/18/1856, 11 stat. L. 472), a bill providing for payment of the claims of john h. Scranton…Senate · Jul 1, 1856
To engross S. 308, a bill for the relief of john h. Scranton and james m. Hunt, owners of the steamer major tompkins…Senate · Jun 30, 1856
To take up for consideration S. 271, a bill authorizing an additional number of arms for the use of california; no…Senate · Jun 27, 1856
To decide whether a letter from george sumner relative to the assault on charles sumner shall be read.Senate · Jun 23, 1856
To adopt h.j.r. 4, a resolution to supply new members of the Senate and the house with books of a public character as…Senate · Jun 19, 1856
To postpone the special order considering S. 14, a bill for the improvement of the mouth of the mississippi, in order…Senate · May 27, 1856
To postpone until friday next, further consideration of S. 172, a bill authorizing the people of the territory of…Senate · May 26, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 301, a bill authorizing commissioner of patents to grant hearing to cyrus…Senate · May 23, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 269, a bill paying john hastings moneys stolen from him while acting as…Senate · May 23, 1856
To adopt s.j.r. 12, (app. 8/30/1856, 11 stat. L. 152),a resolution to provide that Congress consent that DR. Kane of…Senate · May 22, 1856
To reconsider the vote by which H.R. 56 was passed.Senate · May 14, 1856
To pass H.R. 56.Senate · May 9, 1856
To adjourn.Senate · May 9, 1856
To consider H.R. 56, (app. 5/15/1856, 11 stat. L. 9), a bill granting land to iowa to aid in the construction of…Senate · May 9, 1856
To consider the resolution providing that the notice by the President of denmark, abrogating the treaty with denmark…Senate · May 8, 1856
To adopt s.j. 17, a resolution to construct a custom house, post office and court house at milwaukee, detroit, and…Senate · May 2, 1856
To amend s.j. 17, a resolution for enlarging the customs house, post office and court house at milwaukee, wisconsin…Senate · May 2, 1856
To pass H.R. 121, (app. 5/9/1856, 11 stat. L. 7), a bill transferring and surrendering to the state of illinois all…Senate · May 1, 1856
To table until tomorrow h.j.r. 12, (app. 5/9/1856, 11 stat. L. 143), a resolution providing for the enlargement of the…Senate · Apr 30, 1856
To amend the resolution to print 10,000 copies, in addition to the regular number, of the report of the exploration of…Senate · Apr 29, 1856
To postpone consideration of the naval bill in order to take up S. 123, a bill amending an act passed 3/3/1855, for…Senate · Apr 28, 1856
To recede from amendment of the Senate to H.R. 68, which amendment appropriated $300,000 to continue work on the…Senate · Apr 28, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 220, a bill to pay to hannah f. Niles or her legal representative $3,000…Senate · Apr 25, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading, of S. 143, a bill to pay the claims of george p. Marsh for judicial service…Senate · Apr 25, 1856
To pass H.R. 8.Senate · Apr 22, 1856
To amend H.R. 8, by adding a provision that when an organized body of soldiers marched more than 20 miles to the place…Senate · Apr 22, 1856
To amend an amendment to H.R. 8, by repealing the provision requiring record of military or naval service and…Senate · Apr 22, 1856
To amend H.R. 8, by providing that claims to such lands may be based on verbal evidence, if no records exist under…Senate · Apr 22, 1856
To agree to ratification of the articles of agreement made and concluded at stockbridge, wisconsin, 2/5/1856 between…Senate · Apr 18, 1856
To amend H.R. 8, by providing that the present provision requiring record evidence of service be repealed and that…Senate · Apr 17, 1856
To amend H.R. 8, by adding a provision that when a land warrant is issued after applicant's death, leaving no widow or…Senate · Apr 17, 1856
To amend H.R. 8 (app. 5/14/1856, 11 stat. L. 8), a bill in addition to the act approved 3/3/1855 granting bounty lands…Senate · Apr 16, 1856
To recommit to the committee on the district of columbia, s.j.r. 13, a resolution changing the location of the…Senate · Apr 15, 1856
To table the motion to receive the petition of james h. Lane to present a memorial from the legislature of kansas that…Senate · Apr 14, 1856
To adopt the resolution which provides that the order referring the memorial of persons purporting to be members of…Senate · Apr 10, 1856
To postpone debate on the printing of the memorial of persons representing themselves as members of the general…Senate · Apr 10, 1856
To print 5000 additional copies of the adverse report of the committee on military affairs regarding the resolution…Senate · Mar 27, 1856
To pass H.R. 68.Senate · Mar 26, 1856
To amend H.R. 68, by appropriating $5,000 for repair of the navy yard and upper bridges of the eastern branch of the…Senate · Mar 26, 1856
To amend an amendment to H.R. 68, by appropriating $11,000 instead of $5,000 for repair of the potomac bridge and the…Senate · Mar 26, 1856
To amend H.R. 68, by appropriating an additional $50,000 for constructing a barracks and quarters of a military post…Senate · Mar 26, 1856
To amend H.R. 68, by appropriating $150,000 for completing the patent office building.Senate · Mar 26, 1856
To amend H.R. 68, by appropriating $57,000 for printing and paper ordered by first session, 33rd Congress, $244,188.95…Senate · Mar 25, 1856
To amend amendment to H.R. 68, by appropriating $49,200 for engraving to the satisfaction of the secretary of war, the…Senate · Mar 25, 1856
To amend H.R. 68, by appropriating $5,000 for repairing the navy yard and upper bridges of the eastern branch of the…Senate · Mar 24, 1856
To amend an amendment to H.R. 68, by relinquishing the title of the U.S. To the navy yard and upper bridges of the…Senate · Mar 24, 1856
To amend the amendment to H.R. 68, by increasing from $5,000 to $11,000, the appropriation for repairing the navy yard…Senate · Mar 24, 1856
To agree to the amendment to H.R. 68, which amendment appropriative $300,000 for continuing works on the washington…Senate · Mar 19, 1856
To amend an amendment to H.R. 68, (app. 5/15/1856, 11 stat. L. 10), a bill supplying deficiencies in appropriations…Senate · Mar 19, 1856
To pass S. 14 (pass over veto, 7/8/1856, 11 stat. L. 25), a bill appropriating $300,000 for removing onstructions in…Senate · Mar 17, 1856
To pass S. 2, (passed over veto, 7/8/1856, 11 stat. L. 25), a bill appropriating $100,000 for deepening the channel of…Senate · Mar 17, 1856
To pass S. 1 (passed over veto, 7/8/1856), (11 stat. L. 25), a bill appropriating $45,000 for deepening the channel…Senate · Mar 17, 1856
To engross for third reading, S. 124, a bill appropriating $3,000,000 for increasing the army's efficiency.Senate · Mar 10, 1856
To adopt the resolution that lyman trumbull of ill. Was elected as a senator from that state and is entitled to his…Senate · Mar 5, 1856
To engross for third reading, S. 119, a bill providing for the construction of ten sloops of war.Senate · Mar 3, 1856
To reconsider the vote by which the Senate agreed that when it adjourns today, it be to meet on monday.Senate · Feb 28, 1856
To recommit to the committee on military affairs, S. 102, a bill making appropriations for fortifications in florida…Senate · Feb 27, 1856
To agree to the ratification of the articles of agreement and convention between the United States and the choctaw and…Senate · Feb 21, 1856
To amend the resolution amending the rules of Senate by providing that the call for petitions shall be by states in…Senate · Feb 20, 1856
To consent to the nomination of wilson shannon, made by the President, to be governor of kansas.Senate · Feb 19, 1856
To recommit to the committee on territories, the nomination of wilson shannon to be governor of kansas.Senate · Feb 19, 1856
To postpone indefinitely, the resolution setting a date to elect on next monday, the secretary, sargeant-at-arms and…Senate · Feb 12, 1856
To remove the injunction of secrecy from the proceedings of the Senate on the nomination of a.g. Seaman to be…Senate · Feb 11, 1856
To order engrossment and third reading of S.J. RES. 21, a resolution for the relief of the poor of washington and…Senate · Feb 6, 1856
To table the resolution to furnish firewood to the poor in the district of columbia.Senate · Feb 5, 1856
To postpone the election of a printer for the Senate until next monday.Senate · Jan 31, 1856
To suspend the order of business and proceed to the election of a printer for the Senate.Senate · Jan 31, 1856
To table the resolution to print 10,500 extra copies of the annual report on the state of the government finances for…Senate · Jan 3, 1856
To pass a resolution that thanks are due and are hereby presented to hon. N. P. Banks for the able, dignified, and…House · Mar 3, 1857
To agree to committee of conference report concerning H. R. 615 (11 stat. 221, app. 3/3/1857), a bill making…House · Mar 3, 1857
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the house did not adhere to its disagreement to an amendment to…House · Mar 3, 1857
To adhere to disagreement to Senate amendment to H. R. 606, which amendment appropriates $20,000 to pay expenses of…House · Mar 3, 1857
To recede from disagreement to Senate amendment to H. R. 606 which amendment appropriates $20,000 to pay expenses of…House · Mar 3, 1857
To insist on disagreement to Senate amendment to H. R. 635 (11 stat. 240, app. 3/3/1857), a bill supplying…House · Mar 3, 1857
To suspend rules in order to consider a bill establishing a line of steamships to south america. (p.991-2)House · Mar 3, 1857
To suspend the rules in order to consider S. 474, an addition to an act to more effectually provide punishment for…House · Mar 3, 1857
To adopt the conference report on H. R. 633 (11 stat. 243, app. 3/3/1857), a bill making appropriations for the naval…House · Mar 3, 1857
To insist on disagreement to Senate amendment to H. R. 606, which amendment appropriates $20,000 to pay expenses of…House · Mar 3, 1857
To recede from disagreement with Senate amendment to H. R. 606, which amendment appropriates $20,000 to pay expenses…House · Mar 3, 1857
To agree to report of conference committee on H. R. 606 (11 stat. 206, app. 3/3/1857), a bill making appropriations…House · Mar 3, 1857
To table resolution to print 10,000 copies of the reports from the committee on printing and statements and answers of…House · Mar 3, 1857
To pass H. R. 741, for the relief of sick and disabled seamen. (p.978-1)House · Mar 3, 1857
To suspend rules in order to consider a bill to aid the researches into the causes and etiology of epidemic cholera…House · Mar 3, 1857
To pass S. 576. (p.974-1)House · Mar 2, 1857
To table S. 576. (p.974-1)House · Mar 2, 1857
To adjourn during debate on S. 576. (p.973-3)House · Mar 2, 1857
To table S. 576 (11 stat. 195, app. 3/3/1857), making grants of land to the territory of minnesota and alabama in…House · Mar 2, 1857
To suspend rules in order to consider S. 394, to refund money advanced by virginia and maryland for the uses of the…House · Mar 2, 1857
To agree to the report of the conference committee on the disagreeing vote of the two houses on H. R. 566. (p.971-2)House · Mar 2, 1857
To order the main question on agreeing to the conference report on H. R. 566. (p.971-2)House · Mar 2, 1857
To order a call of the house, during debate on H. R. 566. (p.971-1)House · Mar 2, 1857
To adjourn during debate on H. R. 566. (p.969-1,2,3; 970-3)House · Mar 2, 1857
To table the report from the committee of conference on the disagreeing notes of the two houses on H. R. 566 (11 stat…House · Mar 2, 1857
To table S. 533 (11 stat. 508, app. 3/3/1857), a bill for the claim of jerediah h. Lathrop and his sureties. (p.9691)House · Mar 2, 1857
To concur in Senate amendment to H. R. 635 (11 stat. 240, app. 3/3/1857), a bill supplying deficiencies in…House · Mar 2, 1857
To pass H. R. 308, an appropriation for the removal of impediments to the navigation of the mississippi river, by…House · Mar 2, 1857
To suspend rules in order to consider H. R. 308, an appropriation for the removal of impediments to the navigation of…House · Mar 2, 1857
To pass H. R. 816. (p.963-1)House · Mar 2, 1857
To amend H. R. 816, by providing that $8,000,000 be invested by the commission of indian affairs in the stocks of such…House · Mar 2, 1857
To consider H. R. 816. (p.962-1)House · Mar 2, 1857
To table H. R. 816, a bill to provide for the deposit of the surplus in the treasury of the United States with the…House · Mar 2, 1857
To suspend the rules and discharge the committee of the whole from further consideration of S. 119, a bill to…House · Mar 2, 1857
To concur in a Senate amendment to H. R. 566 (11 stat. 192, app. 3/3/1857), a bill reducing the duty on imports and…House · Feb 28, 1857
To table H. R. 566 (11 stat. 142, app. 3/3/1857), reducing the duty on imports and for other purposes. (p.959-3)House · Feb 28, 1857
To pass S. 340 (11 stat. 507, app. 3/3/1857), the claim of donn piatt.House · Feb 28, 1857
To suspend rules in order to consider S. 227, a bill making appropriations for the continuation of the improvements of…House · Feb 28, 1857
To pass a resolution relating to consideration of H. R. 295, to continue the improvement of the cape fear river…House · Feb 28, 1857
To reconsider the vote by which the resolution was rejected. (p.956-2; 957-1,2)House · Feb 28, 1857
To agree to resolution to dismiss committee from consideration of H. R. 295, to continue improvement of the cape fear…House · Feb 28, 1857
To suspend the rules and introduce a resolution that the committee of the whole be discharged from further…House · Feb 28, 1857
To reconsider passage of H. R. 850, to protect the people against corrupt and secret influence in matters of…House · Feb 28, 1857
To pass H. R. 850, to protect the people against corrupt and secret influence in matters of legislation. (p.953-3)House · Feb 28, 1857
To table H. R. 850, to protect the people against corrupt and secret influence in matters of legislation. (p.953-2)House · Feb 28, 1857
To adjourn. (p.951-2,3)House · Feb 27, 1857
To agree to resolution that no sufficient evidence has been elicited concerning william w. Welch, a member of this…House · Feb 27, 1857
To table resolution no. 2 that orsamus matteson in declaring that a large number of house members pledged themselves…House · Feb 27, 1857
To pass resolution no. 1 that orsamus matteson did incite parties interested in passage of resolution for construing…House · Feb 27, 1857
To table three resolutions in the case of orsamus b. Matteson, a representative from new york. (p. 927-2, 932-2)House · Feb 27, 1857
To table three resolutions in the case of hon. Orsamus b. Matteson, a representative from new york. (p.927-2,3)House · Feb 27, 1857
To table a resolution that w. A gilbert did cast his vote in the iowa land bill, for a corrupt consideration…House · Feb 27, 1857
To proceed with the trial of hon. W. A. Gilbert, and that the sergeant-at-arms be directed to summon f. F. C. Triplett…House · Feb 27, 1857
To adjourn. (p.925-2)House · Feb 27, 1857
To table H. R. 849, directing the investment of moneys in stocks of such states as have provided a sinking fund for…House · Feb 26, 1857
To table H. R. 849, directing the investment of moneys in stocks of such states as have provided a sinking fund for…House · Feb 26, 1857
To table H. R. 634 (11 stat. 191, app. 3/3/1857), making appropriations for the fortifications and other works of…House · Feb 26, 1857
To adjourn. (p.909-1, 908-3)House · Feb 26, 1857
To adjourn. (p.901-1)House · Feb 25, 1857
To put the main question on a resolution to try the hon. W. A. Gilbert forthwith, to summon witnesses, and to allow…House · Feb 25, 1857
To recommit with instructions the resolution that william s. Gilbert, member from new york, be forthwith expelled…House · Feb 25, 1857
To adjourn. (p.846-3, 847-1)House · Feb 24, 1857
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which H. R. 317, a bill granting lands to the state of iowa and the…House · Feb 24, 1857
To pass H. R. 848, to remit and refund duties to the merchants of new york upon goods destroyed in the original…House · Feb 24, 1857
To table H. R. 848, a bill to remit and refund duties to the merchants of new york upon goods destroyed in the…House · Feb 24, 1857
To suspend the rules in order to consider resolution that salaries of house members elected to fill vacancies in the…House · Feb 24, 1857
To amend H. R. 606 (11 stat. 206, app. 3/3/1857), making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial…House · Feb 24, 1857
To pass H. R. 527 (11 stat. 501, app. 3/2/1857), a bill for the claim of whitemarsh seabrook and others. (p.830-3)House · Feb 23, 1857
To pass H. R. 635. (p.830-1)House · Feb 23, 1857
To agree to the 9th amendment to H. R. 635, which amendment provides to reimburse the clerks for services rendered and…House · Feb 23, 1857
To reconsider the vote by which the 9th amendment to H. R. 635 was defeated. The amendment provides to reimburse the…House · Feb 23, 1857
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the house defeated the 9th amendment to H. R. 635. (p.804-1…House · Feb 23, 1857
To amend H. R. 635 (11 stat. 240, app. 3/3/1857), supplying deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year…House · Feb 21, 1857
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which a resolution that john w. Whitfield is not entitled to a seat in…House · Feb 21, 1857
To table resolution that john w. Whitfield is not entitled to a seat in this house as a delegate from the territory of…House · Feb 21, 1857
To pass H. R. 566. (p.791-1)House · Feb 20, 1857
To table H. R. 566. (p.790-3)House · Feb 20, 1857
To allow a previously offered bill to be presented as substitute amendment to the pending bill, H. R. 566 (11 stat…House · Feb 20, 1857
To accept the report on the existence of corrupt combinations among members of Congress: said reports to be printed…House · Feb 19, 1857
To table H. R. 847, for the claim of the norfolk and petersburg railroad co. (p.760-2)House · Feb 19, 1857
To pass S. 493. (p.741-3)House · Feb 18, 1857
To table S. 493. (p.741-2)House · Feb 18, 1857
To order a call of the house during debate on S. 493. (p.741-1)House · Feb 18, 1857
To agree to preamble of H. R. 799. (p.733-1)House · Feb 17, 1857
To pass H. R. 799. (p.733-1)House · Feb 17, 1857
To adjourn, during debate on H. R. 799. (p.732-3)House · Feb 17, 1857
To read for the third time and engross H. R. 799. (p.732-2)House · Feb 17, 1857
To table H. R. 799, a bill for the claim of the people of kansas. (p.732-1,2)House · Feb 17, 1857
Globe--to suspend the rules and resolve in committee of the whole. Journal--to resolve into committee of the whole…House · Feb 17, 1857
To postpone further consideration of S. 493 until march 3, next. (p.730-2)House · Feb 17, 1857
To refer S. 493 to the committee of the whole. (p.730-1)House · Feb 17, 1857
To table S. 493. (p.730-1)House · Feb 17, 1857
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which S. 493 (11 stat. 187, app. 3/3/1857), a bill to expedite telegraph…House · Feb 17, 1857
To table H. R. 527. (p.712-1)House · Feb 16, 1857
To suspend rules in order to resolve into the committee of the whole. (p.711-3)House · Feb 16, 1857
To table motion to reconsider the vote ordering a third reading and engrossment of H. R. 527. (p.711-1,2)House · Feb 16, 1857
To order H. R. 527 for third reading and engrossment. (p.710-1, 711-1)House · Feb 16, 1857
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the main question was ordered on H. R. 527. (p.710-3)House · Feb 16, 1857
To table H. R. 527. (p.710-2)House · Feb 16, 1857
To suspend the rules and discharge the committee of the whole from consideration of H. R. 527 (11 stat. 501, app…House · Feb 16, 1857
To suspend the rules and discharge the committee of the whole from further consideration of H. R. 560, a bill for the…House · Feb 16, 1857
To suspend the rules in order to report from the committee on commerce certain Senate river and harbor bills. (p.7081,3)House · Feb 16, 1857
To table resolution that the clerk pay the usual mileage for the first session of Congress and a per diem of $8.00 to…House · Feb 14, 1857
To read for the third time S. 387 (11 stat. 500, app. 2/17/1857), to provide for the regular transmission of the mail…House · Feb 14, 1857
To table H. R. 581 (11 stat. 160, app. 2/16/1857), making appropriations for the support of the military academy for…House · Feb 14, 1857
To resolve itself into a committee of the whole house on the private calendar. (p.691-2)House · Feb 13, 1857
To suspend the rules in order that the house resolve itself into the committee of the whole on the state of the union…House · Feb 13, 1857
To table resolution that john w. Whitfield is not entitled to a seat in this house as a delegate from the territory of…House · Feb 12, 1857
To table resolution that two members of the house, appointed by the house, and one member of the Senate wait on and…House · Feb 12, 1857
To order a call of the house. (p.671-3, 672-1)House · Feb 12, 1857
To adjourn during debate on a resolution providing that when the Senate shall return to the house to complete the…House · Feb 11, 1857
To order a call of the house. (p.650-3, 651-1)House · Feb 11, 1857
To refer to the committee on the post office and post roads S. 493 (11 stat. 187, app. 3/3/1857), a bill expediting…House · Feb 10, 1857
To refer to the committee of the whole S. 493 (11 stat. 187, app. 3/3/1857), expediting telegraphic communication for…House · Feb 10, 1857