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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Congress, National (search)
nth Congress assembled in extraordinary session, in compliance with the call of President Lincoln, April 15. In the Senate twenty-three States, and in the House of Representatives twenty-two States and one Territory were represented. There were 40 Senators and 154 Representatives. Ten States, in which the political leaders had adopted ordinances of secession, were not represented. In both Houses there was a large majority of Unionists. It was the first session of this Congress, and Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, was chosen speaker of the House. The President, in his message, confined his remarks to the special object for which the Congress had been called together. He recited the many and grave offences of the conspirators against the life of the nation, such as the seizure of public property, making preparations for war, and seeking the recognition of foreign powers as an independent nation. In the act of firing on Fort Sumter, discarding all else, he said, they have force
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Speaker of Congress, the (search)
27-34Andrew StevensonVirginia17841857 231834-35John BellTennessee 17971869 24, 251835-39James K. PolkTennessee17951849 261839-41R. M. T. HunterVirginia18091887 271841-43John WhiteKentucky18051845 281843-45John W. JonesVirginia18051848 291845-47John W. DavisIndiana17991850 301847-49Robert C. WinthropMassachusetts18091894 311849-51Howell CobbGeorgia18151868 32, 331851-55Linn BoydKentucky18001859 341855-57Nathaniel P. BanksMassachusetts18161894 351857-59James L. OrrSouth Carolina18221873 361859-61William PenningtonNew Jersey 17961862 371861-63Galusha A. GrowPennsylvania1823 38-401863-69Schuyler ColfaxIndiana18231885 41-431869-75James G. BlaineMaine18301893 441875-76Michael C. KerrIndiana18271876 44-461876-81Samuel J. RandallPennsylvania18281890 471881-83John W. KeiferOhio1836 48-501883-89John G. CarlisleKentucky1835 511889-91Thomas B. ReedMaine1839 52, 531891-95Charles F. CrispGeorgia18451896 54, 551895-99Thomas B. ReedMaine1839 561899–David B. HendersonIowa1840
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
....June 8, 1861 Engagement at Big Bethel, Va.......June 10, 1861 Governor of Missouri calls for 50,000 State militia to repel invasion......June 12, 1861 Harper's Ferry abandoned by the Confederates......June 15, 1861 General Banks arrests George P. Kane, chief of police, at Baltimore......June 27, 1861 And police commissioners......July 1, 1861 Western Department constituted......July 3, 1861 Thirty-seventh Congress, first session (extra), assembles......July 4, 1861 Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, elected speaker of the House. [States not represented in the Thirty-Seventh Congress: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas; from Louisiana two Representatives were present from February, 1863; Tennessee was represented in the Senate by Andrew Johnson, and in the House by three members, two of them from February, 1863.] President's first message to Congress......July 4, 1861 Engagement at Carthage, Mo., between
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
n that post and the crossing opposite Topeka, for the purpose of repelling a threatened invasion of the Territory (refers to the expected entrance of General Lane's emigrants by way of Nebraska, known as Lane's army of the North ......June 29, 1856 Report of the special committee appointed to investigate the troubles in Kansas is published by the government. It contains the affidavits of prominent men in both political parties in regard to leading events......July 1, 1856 House passes Grow's bill for the admission of Kansas under the Topeka constitution, by a bare majority, while the Senate adopts Mr. Douglas's report providing for a constitutional convention to be held in December......July 3, 1856 Acting Governor Woodson issues a proclamation forbidding the meeting of the Topeka legislature, which convenes, but is dispersed by Colonel Sumner under orders from Woodson, whom Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, had instructed him to obey. The movement is considered insurrecti