Date Span: March 4, 1863 - March 4, 1865TabsEvents Date Event 03/17/1863 In Washington, the Senate votes to strike down the color bar on railroad cars in the District of Columbia 12/08/1863 to 12/21/1863 The first session of the 38th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC 12/22/1863 The first session of the 38th Congress adjourns for a two-week holiday recess 12/23/1863 to 01/05/1864 The first session of the 38th Congress is in a two-week holiday recess until January 6, 1864 02/08/1864 In Washington, the U.S. Senate begins the process of enabling the statehood of the Nevada Territory 02/23/1864 In the Senate, a Kentucky senator proposes the immediate discharging of all African-American troops 03/03/1864 In the U.S. Senate. Kentuckian Garrett Davis proposes combining six New England states into just two. 03/21/1864 In Washington, President Lincoln signs the bill enabling the statehood of the Nevada Territory 04/08/1864 In Washington, the U.S. Senate passes the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution, 38-6. 04/09/1864 In Congress, Representative Harris of Maryland is immediately censured for disloyal comments in debate 04/14/1864 In Congress, Representative Long of Ohio is censured for suggesting the recognition of the Confederacy 05/04/1864 The House of Representatives passes the Wade-Davis Bill setting radical requirements for Reconstruction 05/31/1864 At the U.S. Capitol, debate begins in the House on the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution 06/08/1864 The U.S. Congress funds "separate but equal" schools for black children in the District of Columbia 06/15/1864 At the U.S. Capitol, the vote in the House on the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution fails 06/23/1864 In Washington D.C., the U.S. Senate votes to repeal all remaining Federal Fugitive Slave Acts 06/25/1864 The U.S. Senate votes to ban exclusion from testifying in United States courts on grounds of race 06/29/1864 The House of Representatives upholds Senate on banning exclusion from U.S. courts on grounds of race 07/02/1864 The U.S. Congress passes the Wade-Davis Bill that sets radical requirements for Reconstruction 07/08/1864 In a proclamation, President Lincoln explains why he refuses to sign the Wade-Davis Bill on Reconstruction 01/31/1865 In Washington D.C., the House of Representatives passes the Thirteen Amendment outlawing slavery 03/03/1865 The 38th Congress comes to the end of its term in Washington DC 04/06/1865 In Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, recently retired Congressman James Tracy Hale dies of typhoid 12/18/1865 The Thirteenth Amendment outlawing slavery is announced as now the law of the land. 06/13/1866 Moses Odell, influential New York Democrat and friend of Abraham Lincoln, dies of cancer in Brooklyn. People Allen, James Cameron Allen, William Joshua Alley, John Bassett Allison, William Boyd Ames, Oakes Ancona, Sydenham Elnathan Anderson, Lucien Anthony, Henry Bowen Arnold, Isaac Newton Ashley, James Mitchell Bailey, Joseph Baldwin, John Denison Baldwin, Augustus Carpenter Baxter, Portus Bayard, James Asheton, Jr. Beaman, Fernando Cortez Bennet, Hiram Pitt Blaine, James Gillespie Blair, Jacob Beeson Blair, Francis Preston, Jr. Bliss, George Blow, Henry Taylor Boutwell, George Sewall Bowden, Lemuel Jackson Bowman, Thomas Boyd, Sempronius Hamilton Brandegee, Augustus Brooks, James Broomall, John Martin Brown, William Gay, Sr. Pages1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next › last » PlacesUnited States Capitol, Washington DC Documents Date Title 08/08/1864 The Wade-Davis Manifesto, August 5, 1864 01/06/1865 Theodore M. Pomeroy to Elizabeth L.W. Pomeroy, February 1, 1865 Images Scenes in the House of Representatives on passage of Thirteenth Amendment, January 31, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image Scenes in the House of Representatives on passage of Thirteenth Amendment, January 31, 1865, artist's impression, detail Bibliography
Scenes in the House of Representatives on passage of Thirteenth Amendment, January 31, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image
Scenes in the House of Representatives on passage of Thirteenth Amendment, January 31, 1865, artist's impression, detail