In Washington, the House of Representatives voted on the joint resolution to submit to the states a constitutional amendment that would abolish slavery throughout the United States. The Senate had recently passed the resolution but the vote in the House - 95 for, 65 against, and 23 members not voting - did not reach the required two-thirds majority and the measure failed. The House re-voted on the resolution on January 31,1865. This time it passed narrowly and the amendment was sent to the states for ratification. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Henry Wilson, History of the Antislavery Measures of the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth United States Congresses, 1861-65 (Boston: Walker, Fuller & Company, 1865), 271-272.
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