The House of Representatives passes a non-binding resolution that Jefferson Davis be tried for treason

The U.S. House of Representatives voted a non-binding resolution, introduced by George Boutwell, giving its opinion that the former President of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis, should be put on trial for treason under the terms of the presidential proclamation of May 1865.  The vote was an overwhelming 105-38.  No such trial of Davis ever took place though he did remain in a military prison for another year till released on bail.  (By John Osborne) 
Source Citation
Edward McPherson (ed.), A Handbook of Politics for 1868 (Washington, DC: Philp and Solomons, 1868), 113. 
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