In New Jersey, the state legislature finally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment

The New Jersey legislature, with its new Republican majority, finally ratified the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, more than a month after it had been declared law.  The earlier Democrat-controlled body had rejected the measure on March 16, 1865.  The vote in the state senate was 13 to 8 in the affirmative.  (By John Osborne)