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YEAS-Messrs. Anderson, Bromwell, Bundy, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Darling, Davis, Defrees, Farnsworth, Abner C. Harding, Hayes, Hill, Chester D. Hubbard, James R. Hubbell, Jas. Humphrey, Ingersoll, Kuykendall, Wil iam Lawrence, Marshall, McCullough, Miller, Orth; Pike, Ross, Schenck, Shellabarger, Sloan, Thornton, Van Horn-29. NAYS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, James M. Ashley, Bakor, Banks, Barker, Baxter, Beaman, Benjamin, Bergen, Bidwell, Bingham, Blaine, Blow, Boutwell, Boyer, Brandegee, Brooks, Broomall, Euckland, Chanter, Cobb, Conkling, Cook, Cullom, Dawes, Dawson, Delano, Deming, Denison, Dixon, Donnelly, Eckley, Eggleston, Eldridge, Eliot, Farquhar, Ferry, Finck, Garfield, Grider, Grinnell, Griswold, Hale, Aaron Harding, Harris, Hart, Hogan, Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, Demas Hubbard, jr., John II. Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell, Hulburd, James M. Humphrey, Jenckes, Johnson, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Kelso, Kerr, Ketcham, Laflin, Latham, George V. Lawrence, Le Blond, Longyear, Lynch, Marston, Marvin, McClurg, McIndoe, McKee, Mercur, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris. Moulton, Myers, Niblack, Nicholson, Noell, O'Neill, Paine, Patterson, Perham, Phelps, Plants, Pomeroy, Price, Samuel J. Randall, William II. Randall, Alexander II. Rice, John II. Rice, Ritter, Rogers, Rollins, Sawyer, Scofield, Shanklin, Smith, Spalding, Starr, Stevens, Strouse, Taber, Taylor, Thayer, Francis Thomas, John L. Thomas, jr., Trimble, Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Ilorn, Voorhees, Ward, Warner, Ellihu B. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Welker, Wentworth, Whaley, Williams, James F. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, Wright-131.

The joint resolution, as reported, was then agreed to-yeas 120, nays 46, as follow: YEAS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, James M. Ashley, Baker, Banks, Barker, Baxter, Beaman, Benjamin, Bidwell, Bingham, Blaine, Blow, Boutwell, Brandegee, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, Bundy, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Conkling, Cook, Cullom, Darling, Davis, Dawes, Defrees, Delano, Deming, Dixon, Donnelly, Eckley, Eggleston, Farnsworth, Farquhar, Ferry, Garfield, Grinnell, Griswold, Abner C. Harding, Hart, Hayes, Hill, Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, Demas Hubbard, jr., John H. Hubbard, James R. Hubbell, Halburd, Jas. Humphrey, Ingersoll, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Kelso, Ketcham, Kuykendall, Laflin, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Longyear, Lynch, Marston, Marvin, McClurg, McIndoe, McKee, Mercur, Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris, Moulton, Myers, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Plants, Pomeroy, Price, Alexander H. Rice, John H. Rice, Rollins, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield, Shellabar ger, Sloan, Spalding, Starr, Stevens, Stillwell, Thayer, Francis Thomas, John L. Thomas, jr., Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn, Ward, Warner, Ellibu B. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Welker, Wentworth, Williams, James F. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge-120.

NAYS-Messrs. Baldwin, Bergen, Boyer, Brooks, Chanler, Dawson, Denison, Eldridge, Eliot, Finck, Grider, Hale, Aaron Harding, Harris, Hogan, Edwin N. Hubbell, James

M. Humphrey, Jeuckes, Johnson, Kerr, Latham, Le Blond, Samuel J. Randal, William H. Randall, Raymond, Ritter,

Marshall, McCullough, Niblack, Nicholson, Noell, Phelps,

Rogers, Ross, Rousseau, Shanklin, Sitgreaves, Smith, Strouse, Taber, Taylor, Thornton, Trimble, Voorhees, Whaley, Wright, -46.

[Messrs. Driggs and Newell, February 1, stated they would have voted aye, if present.]

IN SENATE.

March 9, 1866-The resolution of the House was rejected-yeas 25, nays 22, as follow, (twothirds being necessary :)

YEAS-Messrs. Anthony, Chandler, Clark, Conness, Cragin, Creswell, Fessenden, Foster, Grimes, Harris, Howe, Kirk wood, Lane of Indiana, McDougall, Morgan, Morrill, Nye, Poland, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Trumbull, Wade, Williams, Wilson-25.

NAYS-Messrs. Brown, Buckalew, Cowan, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle. Guthrie, Henderson, Hendricks, Johnson, Lane of Kansas, Nesmith, Norton, Pomeroy, Riddle, Saulsbury, Stewart, Stockton, Sumner, Van Winkle, Willey, Yates-22. Report on Privileges and Immunities of Citizens. IN HOUSE.

February 13, 1866—Mr. Bingham reported from the Joint Reconstruction Committee, this joint resolution, which was re-committed and ordered to be printed:

Joint Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved, &c., (two-thirds of both Houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures, shall be valid as part of said Constitution, viz: ARTICLE

The Congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper to secure to the citizens of each State all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States, and to all persons in the several States equal protection in the rights of life, liberty, and property.

February 26-Mr. Bingham reported it back, without amendment.

February 28-Mr. Eldridge moved that it lie on the table; which was disagreed to-yeas 41, nays 110, as follow:

Davis, Dawson, Denison, Eldridge, Finck, Glossbrenner,

YEAS-Messrs. Ancona, Bergen, Brooks, Chanler, Coffroth,

Goodyear, Grider, Griswold, Hale, A. Harding, Hogan, E. N
Hubbell, Kerr, Kuykendal, Marshall, Marvin, McCullough,
Niblack, Nicholson, Noell, Phelps, S. J. Randall, Ritter,
Rogers, Ross, Rousseau, Shanklin, Sitgreaves, Strouse, Taber,
Taylor, Thornton, Trimble, Winfield, Wright-41.
NAYS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, Delos R.
Ashley, James M. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barker,
Baxter, Benjamin, Bidwell, Bingham Blaine, Blow, Bout-
well, Brandegee, Broomall, Buckland, Bundy, Reader W.
Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Conkling, Cook, Cullom, Dar-
ling, Defrees, Delano, Deming, Donnelly, Dumont, Eckley, Eg-
gleston, Eliot, Farnsworth, Farqubar, Ferry, Garfield, Grin-
Hotchkiss, Demas Hubbard, jr., John 11. Hubbard, James
nel, Abner C. Ilarding, Hart, Hayes, Higby, Holmes, Hooper,
R. Hubbell, Hulburd, James Humphrey, Ingersoll, Jenckes,
Julian, Kelley, Kelso, Ketcham, Laflin, Latham, George V.
Lawrence, William Lawrence, Loan, Longyear, Lynch,
Marston, McClurg, McKee, McRuer, Mercur, Moorhead,
Morrill, Morris, Moulton, Myers, Newell, O'Neill, Orth,
Paine, Patterson, Perham, Pike, Price, Raymond, Alexander
II. Rice, John II. Rice, Sawyer, Schenck, Shellabarger,
Sloan, Spalding, Stevens, Thayer, Francis Thomas, John L.
Thomas, jr., Trowbridge, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn,

Warner, Ellihu B. Washburne, Henry D. Washburn, Wm.
Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge-110.
B. Washburn, Welker, Wentworth, Williams, James F.

And on motion of Mr. Conkling, its further consideration was postponed until the second Tuesday in April.

There was no further vote on it.

IN SENATE.

February 13-Mr. Fessenden reported the same resolution, which was laid over, and not again considered.

Report Concerning Tennessee.
IN HOUSE.

March 5, 1866-Mr. Bingham reported from the Select Joint Committee on Reconstruction this

Joint Resolution concerning the State of Ten

nessee.

Resolved, &c., That whereas the people of Tennessee have made known to the Congress of the United States their desire that the constitutional relations heretofore existing between them and the United States may be fully established, and did, on the twenty-second day of February, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, by a large popular vote, adopt and ratify a constitution of government, republican in form and

not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws | ring,) That the following article be proposed to of the United States, and a State government the legislatures of the several States as an has been organized under the provisions thereof, amendment to the Constitution of the United which said provisions and the laws passed in States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of pursuance thereof proclaim and denote loyalty said legislatures, shall be valid to all intents to the Union; and whereas the people of Ten- and purposes as a part of said Constitution, nessee are found to be in a condition to exercise namely: the functions of a State within this Union, and ARTICLE -. No tax, duty, or impost shall can only exercise the same by the consent of the be laid, nor shall any appropriation of money law-making power of the United States: There- be made, by either the United States, or any fore, the State of Tennessee is hereby declared one of the States thereof, for the purpose of to be one of the United States of America, on an paying, either in whole or in part, any debt, equal footing with the other States, upon the contract, or liability whatsoever, incurred, made, express condition that the people of Tennessee or suffered by any one or more of the States, or will maintain and enforce, in good faith, their the people thereof, for the purpose of aiding reexisting constitution and laws, excluding those bellion against the Constitution and laws of the who have been engaged in rebellion against the United States. United States from the exercise of the elective Which was passed-yeas 151, nays 11, as folfranchise, for the respective periods of time low: therein provided for, and shall exclude the same persons for the like respective periods of time Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barker, Baxter, Beaman, Benfrom eligibility to office; and the State of Ten-jamin, Bergen, Bidwell, Bingham, Blow, Boutwell, Boyer, Brandegee, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, Bundy, Chanler, nessee shall never assume or pay any debt or Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Conkling, Cook, Culobligation contracted or incurred in aid of the lom, Darling, Dawes, Defrees, Delano, Deming, Dixon, Donnellate rebellion; nor shall said State ever in any Farquhar, Ferry, Finck, Garfield, Grinnell, Griswold, Hale, ly, Driggs, Dumont, Eckley, Eggleston, Eliot, Farnsworth, manner claim from the United States or make Abner C. Harding, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Higby, Hill, any allowance or compensation for slaves emanHogan, Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, cipated or liberated in any way whatever; James R. Hubbell, Hulburd, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Johnson, Chester D. Hubbard, Demas Hubbard, jr., John II. Hubbard, which conditions shall be ratified by the Legis- Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Kelso, Kerr, Ketcham, Kuykendall, lature of Tennessee, or the people thereof, as the Laflin, Latham, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Legislature may direct, before this act shall take Clurg, McKee, McRuer, Mercur, Miller, Morrill, Moulton, effect.

The resolution was ordered to be printed, and was recommitted to the committee, and has not been voted on, up to the time this page goes to press.

Payment of Rebel Debt.

December 19, 1865-Mr. James F. Wilson reported from the Committee on the Judiciary the following joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States:

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both Houses, concur

YEAS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Anderson, James M.

Loan, Longyear, Lynch, Marshall, Marston, Marvin, Mc-
Myers, Newell, Niblack, Noell, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Patter-
son, Perham Phelps, Pike, Plants, Price, Radford, Samuel
J. Randall, William II. Randall. Raymond, Alexander H.
Rice, John H.Rice, Rollins, Ross, Rousseau, Sawyer, Schenck,
Scofield, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Sloan, Smith, Spalding,
Starr, Stevens, Stillwell, Strouse, Taber, Taylor, Thayer,
Francis Thomas, John L. Thomas, Thornton, Trowbridge,
Upson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Robert T. Van Horn,
Voorhees, Ward, Warner, Ellihu B. Washburne, William B.
Washburn, Welker, Wentworth, Whaley, Williams, James

F. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, Wright-151.
Harding, McCullough, Nicholson, Ritter, Rogers, Shanklin,

NAYS-Messrs. Brooks, Denison, Eldridge, Grider, Aaron

Trimble-11.

It was not acted on in the Senate; but the substance of it is included in the amendment as finally adopted.

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Secretary of State-WILLIAM H. SEWARD, of New Michigan-Zachariah Chandler, Jacob M. How-
York.
Secretary of Treasury-HUGH MCCULLOCH, of
Indiana.

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Senate.

Iowa-James W. Grimes, Samuel J. Kirkwood.*
Wisconsin-James R. Doolittle, Timothy O.
Howe.

California-John Conness, James A. McDougall.
Minnesota-Daniel S. Norton, Alexander Ram-

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Kansas-Samuel C. Pomeroy, James H. Lane.
West Virginia-Peter G. Van Winkle, Waitman
T. Willey.

Nevada-James W. Nye, William M. Stewart.
Senators Chosen from the late Insurrectionary

States.

LAFAYETTE S. FOSTER, of Connecticut, President of the Senate, and Acting Vice President. John W. Forney, of Pennsylvania, Secretary. Alabama-Lewis E. Parsons, George S. Houston. Maine-William Fitt Fessenden, Lot M. Morrill. | Arkansas-Elisha Baxter, William D. Snow. New Hampshire-Daniel Clark, Aaron H. Cra-Florida-William Marvin, Wilkerson Call. gin.

Vermont-Solomon Foot,* Luke P. Poland.
Massachusetts-Charles Sumner, Henry Wilson.
Rhode Island-Henry B. Anthony, William
Sprague.

Connecticut-James Dixon, Lafayette S. Foster.
New York-Ira Harris, Edwin D. Morgan.
New Jersey-William Wright, John P. Stockton.† |
Pennsylvania-Charles R. Buckalew, Edgar

Cowan.

Georgia-Alexander H. Stephens, Herschel V.
Johnson.

Louisiana-Randall Hunt, Henry Boyce. (R.
King Cutler and Michael Hahn also claim
under a former election in October, 1864.)
Mississippi-William L. Sharkey, James L.
Alcorn.

North Carolina-William A. Graham, John
Pool.

South Carolina-Benjamin F. Perry, John L.
Manning.

Tennessee-David T. Patterson, Joseph S. Fowler.

Delaware-George Read Riddle, Willard Sauls-
bury.
Maryland-John A. J. Creswell, Reverdy John-Texas-

son..

Ohio-John Sherman, Benjamin F. Wade.
Kentucky-James Guthrie, Garrett Davis.
Indiana-Henry S. Lane, Thomas A. Hendricks.
Illinois-Lyman Trumbull, Richard Yates.

*Died March 28, 1866. His successor, George F. Edmunds,
qualified April 5, 1866.
Voted-yeas 22, nays 21-not entitled to a seat in the
Senate, March 27, 1866. The vote on the amendment de-
claring him not entled was as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Brown, Chandler, Clark, Conness, Cragin, Creswell, Fessenden, Grimes, Howard, Howe, Kirkwood, Lane.of Indiana, Nye, Pomeroy, Ramsey, Sherman, Sprague, Sumner, Wade, Williams, Wilson, Yates-22.

NAYS-Messrs. Anthony, Buckalew, Cowan, Davis, Doolittle, Guthrie, Harris, Henderson, Hendricks, Johnson, Lane of Kansas, McDougall, Morgan, Nesmith, Norton, Poland, Riddle, Saulsbury, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Willey-21.

Virginia-John C. Underwood, Joseph Segar.

MEMORANDUM.

Mr. A. H. Stephens was a delegate from Georgia to the convention which framed the "Confederate" constitution, and was Vice President of the "Confederacy "until its downfall. Mr. H. V. Johnson was, a senator in the rebel congress in the first and second congresses, as was Mr. Graham, from North Carolina. Mr. Pool was a senator in the Legislature of North Carolina. Mr. Perry was a "Confederate States " judge. Mr. Manning was a volunteer aid to

*Credentials presented January 20, 1866, and he took his seat January 24, 1866.

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General Beauregard at Fort Sumter and Manas- | Indiana-William E. Niblack, Michael C. Kerr, sas.. Mr. Alcorn was in the Mississippi militia.

House of Representatives.

SCHUYLER COLFAX, of Indiana, Speaker.
Edward McPherson, of Pennsylvania, Clerk.
Maine-John Lynch, Sidney Perham, James G.
Blaine, John H. Rice, Frederick A. Pike.
New Hampshire-Gilman Marston, Edward H.
Rollins, James W. Patterson.

Vermont-Frederick E. Woodbridge, Justin S.
Morrill, Portus Baxter.
Massachusetts-Thomas D. Eliot, Oakes Ames,
Alexander H. Rice, Samuel Hooper, John B.
Alley, Nathaniel P. Banks, George S. Bout-
well, John D. Baldwin, William B. Washburn,
Henry L. Dawes.

Rhode Island-Thomas A. Jenckes, Nathan F.

Dixon.

Ralph Hill, John H. Farquhar, George W. Julian, Ebenezer Dumont, Daniel W. Voorhees,* Godlove S. Orth, Schuyler Colfax, Joseph H. Defrees, Thomas N. Stillwell. Illinois-John Wentworth, John F. Farnsworth, Ellihu B. Washburne, Abner C. Harding, Ebon C. Ingersoll, Burton C. Cook, Henry P. H. Bromwell, Shelby M. Cullom, Lewis W. Ross, Anthony Thornton, Samuel S. Marshall, Jehu Baker, Andrew J. Kuykendall, Samuel

W. Moulton.

Missouri-John Hogan, Henry T. Blow, Thomas
E. Noell, John R. Kelso, Joseph W. Mc-
Clurg, Robert T. Van Horn, Benjamin F.
Loan, John F. Benjamin, George W. Anderson.
Michigan-Fernando C. Beaman, Charles Up-
son, John W. Longyear, Thomas W. Ferry,
Rowland E. Trowbridge, John F. Driggs.
Iowa-James F. Wilson, Hiram Price, William
B. Allison, Josiah B. Grinnell, John A. Kas-
son, Asahel W. Hubbard.

Wisconsin-Halbert E. Paine, Ithamar C. Sloan,
Amasa Cobb, Charles A. Eldridge, Philetus
Sawyer, Walter D. McIndoe.
California-Donald C. McRuer, William Higby,

Connecticut-Henry C. Deming, Samuel L. War-
ner, Augustus Brandegee, John H. Hubbard.
New York-Stephen Taber, Teunis G. Bergen,
James Humphrey*, Morgan Jones, Nelson
Taylor, Henry J. Raymond, John W. Chanler,
James Brookst, William A. Darling, William
Radford, Charles H. Winfield, John H. Ketch-
am, Edwin N. Hubbell, Charles Goodyear,
John A. Griswold, Robert S. Hale, Calvin T.
Hulburd, James M. Marvin, Demas Hubbard,
Jr., Addison H. Laflin, Roscoe Conkling, Sid-
ney T. Holmes, Thomas T. Davis, Theodore Oregon-James H. D. Henderson.
M. Pomeroy, Daniel Morris, Giles W. Hotch-Kansas-Sidney Clarke.
kiss, Hamilton Ward, Roswell Hart, Burt Van
Horn, James M. Humphrey, Henry Van
Aernam.

New Jersey-John F. Starr, William A. Newell,
Charles Sitgreaves, Andrew J. Rogers, Edwin
R. V. Wright.

Pennsylvania Samuel J. Randall, Charles
O'Neill, Leonard Myers, William D. Kelley,
M. Russell Thayer, Benjamin M. Boyer, John
M. Broomall, Sydenham E. Ancona, Thaddeus
Stevens, Myer Strouse, Philip Johnson, Charles
Denison, Ulysses Mercur, George F. Miller,
Adam J. Glossbrenner, Alexander H. Cof-
froth, Abraham A. Barker, Stephen F. Wil-
son, Glenni W. Scofield, Charles V. Culver,
John L. Dawson, James K. Moorhead, Thomas
Williams, George V. Lawrence.
Delaware-John A. Nicholson.
Maryland--Hiram McCullough, John L. Thomas,
Jr., Charles E. Phelps, Francis Thomas, Ben-
jamin G. Harris.

Ohio-Benjamin Eggleston, Rutherford B.
Hayes, Robert C. Schenck, William Lawrence,
Francis C. Le Blond, Reader W. Clarke, Sam-
uel Shellabarger, James R. Hubbell, Ralph P.
Buckland, James M. Ashley, Hezekiah S.
Bundy, William E. Finck, Columbus Delano,
Martin Welker, Tobias A. Plants, John A.
Bingham, Ephraim R. Eckley, Rufus P. Spald-
ing, James A. Garfield.

Kentucky-Lawrence S. Trimble, Burwell C.
Ritter, Henry Grider, Aaron Harding, Lovell
H. Rousseau, Green Clay Smith, George S.
Shanklin, William H. Randall, Samuel McKee.

*Died June 16, 1866.

Unseated April 6, 1866, and William E. Dodge qualified as his successor.

Admitted to a scat on prima facie caso February 19, 1866. July 9.-Committee reported in favor of Wm. H. Koontz, contestant.

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John Bidwell.

Minnesota-William Windom, Ignatius Donnelly.

West Virginia-Chester D. Hubbard, George P.
Latham, Kellian V. Whaley.
Nevada-Delos R. Ashley.

Members chosen in the late Insurrectionary

States.

Alabama-C. C. Langdon, George C. Freeman,
Gen. Cullen A. Battle, Joseph W. Taylor, B.
T. Pope, Thomas J. Foster.
Arkansas-William Byers, George H. Kyle,
James M. Johnson.
Florida-F. McLeod.

Georgia-Solomon Cohen, Gen. Philip Cook,
Hugh Buchanan, E. G. Cabiness, J. D. Mat-
thews, J. H. Christy, Gen. W. T. Wofford.
Louisiana-Louis St. Martin, Jacob Barker,
Robert C. Wickliffe, John E. King, John S.
Ray. (Henry C. Warmoth claims seat as
delegate, under niversal suffrage election.)
Mississippi-Col. Arthur E. Reynolds, Col.
Richard A. Pinson, James T. Harrison, A.
M. West, E. G. Peyton.

North Carolina-Jesse R. Stubbs, Charles C.
Clark, Thomas C. Fuller, Col. Josiah Turner,
Jr., Bedford Brown, S. H. Walkup, Alex. H.
Jones.

South Carolina-Col. John D. Kennedy, William
Aiken, Gen. Samuel McGowan, James Farrow.
Tennessee-Nathaniel G. Taylor, Horace May-
nard, William B. Stokes, Edmund Cooper,
William B. Campbell, Samuel M. Arnell,
Isaac R. Hawkins, John W. Leftwich.
Texas-

Virginia-W. H. B. Custis, Lucius H. Chand-
ler, B. Johnson Barbour, Robert Ridgway,
Beverly A. Davis, Alex. H. H. Stuart, Robert
Y. Conrad, Daniel H. Hoge.

*Unseated February 23, 1866, and Henry D. Washburn qualified as his successor.

MEMORANDUM.

Of the Alabama delegation, Mr. Battle was a general in the rebel army, and Mr. Foster a representative in the first and second rebel congresses.

Of the Georgia delegation, Messrs. Cook and Wofford were generals in the rebel service.

Of the Mississippi delegation, Messrs. Reynolds and Pinson were colonels in the rebel service; Mr. Harrison was a member of the rebel provisional congress.

Of the North Carolina delegation, Mr. Fuller was a representative in the first rebel congress, and Mr. Turner was a colonel in the rebel army,

and a representative in the second rebel congress; Mr. Brown was a member of the State convention which passed the secession ordinance in 1861, and voted for it.

Of the South Carolina delegation, Mr. Kennedy was colonel and Mr. McGowan brigadier general in the rebel army; Mr. Farrow was a representative in the first and second rebel congresses.

Of the Virginia delegation, Messrs. Stuart and Conrad were members of the secession convention of Virginia, in 1861, and continued to participate after the passage of the ordinance and the beginning of hostilities.

X.

VOTES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ON VARIOUS POLITICAL DECLARATORY RESOLUTIONS.

Payment of the Public Debt.

December 5, 1865-Mr. Samuel J. Randall offered this resolution:

Resolved, That, as the sense of this House, the public debt created during the late rebellion was contracted upon the faith and honor of the nation; that it is sacred and inviolate, and must and ought to be paid, principal and interest; that any attempt to repudiate or in any manner to impair or scale the said debt shall be universally discountenanced, and promptly rejected by Congress if proposed.

Which was agreed to-yeas 162, nays 1, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Alley, Allison, Ames, Ancona, Anderson, James M. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barker, Baxter, Beaman, Benjamin, Bergen, Bidwell, Bingham, Blaine, low, Boutwell, Boyer, Brandegee, Bromwell, Broomall, Buckland, Bundy, Chanler, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Conkling, Cook, Cullom, Culver, Darling, Davis, Dawes, Duwsm, Defrees, Delano, Deming, Denison, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Dumont, Eckley, Eggleston, Eliot, Farnsworth, Farquhar, Ferry, Finck, Garfield, Glossbrenner, Goodyear, Grinnell, Griswold, Hale, Abner C. Harding, Hart, Hayes, lenders n, Higby, Hill, Hog in, Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, Demas Hubbard, jr., John H. Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell, James R. Hubbell, Hulburd, James Humphrey, James M. Humphrey, Ingersoll, Jeuckes, Johnson, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Kelso, Kerr, Ketcham, Kuykendall, Laflin, Latham, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Loan, Longyear, Marston, Marvin, McClurg, McCullough, McIndoe, McKee, McRuer, Mercur, Miller, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris, Moulton, Myers, Newell, Niblack, Nicholson, Noell, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Patterson, Perham, Phelps, Pike, Plants, Pomeroy, Price, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, William H. Randall, Raymond, Alexander II. Rice, Rogers, Rollins, Ross. Sawyer, Schenck, Scofield. Sh nklin, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Sloan, Smith, Spalding, Starr, Stevens, Stillwell, Strouse, Taber, Thayer, Francis Thomas, John L. Thomas, jr., Thornton, Trowbridge, Upson, Burt Van Horn, Ward, Warner, Ellihu B. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Welker, Wentworth. Whaley, Williams, Wilson, Windom, Winfield, Wright-162.

NAY-Mr. Trimble.

NOT VOTING-Messrs Brooks, Eldridge, Grider, Aaron Harding, Le Blomd, Lyn h, Marshall, John II. Rice, Ritter, Taylor, Van Aernam, R. T. Van Horn, S. F. Wilson, F. E. Woodbridge-14.

"Treason Ought to be Punished." December 14, 1865-Mr. Henderson, of Oregon, submitted the following resolution:

Resolved, That treason against the United States Government is a crime that ought to be punished.

Mr. Hale moved it be laid on the table which

was disagreed to; and, under the previous question, it was then passed-yeas 153, nays none, as follow:

YEAS-Messrs. Alley, Ames, Ancona, Anderson, James M. Ashley, Baker, Baldwin, Banks, Barker, Beaman, Benjamin, Bergen, Bidwell, Bingham, Blaine, Blow, Boutwell, Boyer, Bromwell. Brooks, Broomall, Buckland, Bundy, Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clarke, Cobb, Coukling, Cook, Cullom, Darling, Davis, Dawes, Dawson, Defrees, Deming, Denison, Dixon, Donnelly, Driggs, Eckley, Eggleston, Eldridge, Eliot, Far quhar, Ferry, Finck, Glossbrenner, Grider, Grinnell, Griswold, Hale, Aaron Harding, Abner C. Harding, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, Higby, Hogan, Holmes, Hooper, Hotchkiss, Asahel W. Ilubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, Demas Hubbard, jr., John II. Hubbard, Edwin N. Hubbell, James R. Hubbell, Hulburd, James Humphrey, James M. Humphrey, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Johnson, Julian, Kasson, Kelley, Kelso, Kerr, Ketcham, Kuykendall, George V. Lawrence, William Lawrence, Le Blond, Loan, Longyear, Lynch, Marshall, Merston, Marvin, McClurg, McCullough, McIndoe, McKee, McRuer, Mercur, Moorhead, Morrill, Morris, Myers, Nicholson, Noell, O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Perham, Pike, Plants, Price, Radford, Samuel J. Randall, William II. Randall, Alexander II. Rice, Johu H. Rice, Ritter, Rogers, Rollins, Ross, Rou-seau, Sawyer, Scofield. Shanklin, Shellabarger, Sitgreaves, Sloan, Smith, Spalding, Starr, Stevens, Strouse, Tuber, Taylor, Thayer. John L.Thomas, jr., Thornton, Trimble, Trowbridge, Upson, Van Arnam, Burt Van Horn, Voorhees, Ward, Warner, Ellihu B. Washburne, William B. Washburn, Welker, Wentworth, Whaley, Williams, James F. Wilson, Stephen F. Wilson, Windom, Winfield, Woodbridge-153. NAYS-None.

Representation of the late so-called Confederate States.

submitted this resolution: December 14, 1865-Mr. James F. Wilson

be offer

Resolved, That all papers which may ed relative to the representation of the late so-called Confederate States of America, or either of them, shall be referred to the joint committee

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