The Political History of the United States of America, During the Period of Reconstruction (from April 15, 1865, to July 15, 1870,) Including a Classified Summary of the Legislation of the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses

Robert Gleed, William Gray, William M. Han- | J. D. Vickers, B. J. Waters, Conrad Weinrich,
cock, Thomas J. Hardy, Stephen Johnson, Robert Jacob Yankee, J. Morris Young, John C. Orrick,
E. Leachman, Finis H. Little, Orange S. Miles, Speaker-86.
Green Millsaps, Albert T. Morgan, Alston My-
gatt, Henry M. Paine, J. H. Pierce, Hiram R.
Revels, W. S. Rushing, James C. Shoup, George
S. Smith, William T. Strieklin, Thomas W.
Stringer, Charles A. Sullivan, and Alexander
Warner-28.
NAYS-0.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 17, 1870.
YEAS-Mr. Speaker, F. E Franklin, Messrs. P.
Balch, P. Barrow, J. L. Bolton, J. F. Boulden,
C. M. Bowles, Rasselas Boyd, E. Buchanan, W.
S. Cabell, M. Campbell, G. Charles, C. W. Clarke,
J. S. B. Coggeshall, V. A. Collins, J. P. Conner,
E. Currie, A. K Davis, W. H. Foote, H. M. Foley,
C. A. Foster, O. C. French, John Gillis, T. Ř.
Gowan, H. C. Grier, E. Handy, W. W. Hart, E.
P. Hatch, C. P. Head, W. L. Hemmingway, A.
Henderson, J. L. Herbert, D. Higgins, William
Hodges, G. Holland, W. Holmes, M. Howard, E.
N. Hunt, H. P Jacobs, R. A. Johns, W. L. Jones
of Marshall county, C. D. Landon, G. N. Lang-
ford, H. W. Lewis, J. R. Lynch, C. W. Loomis,
Henry Mayson, M. K. Mister, J. A. Moore, J.
Morgan, L A. Munson, M. T. Newsom, C. F.
Norris, I. N. Osborne, J. G. Owen, W. B. Owings,
A. Parker, E. Phillips, J. H. Piles, Henry Pit-
man, D. N. Quinn, A. S. Roane of Calhoun, W.
H. Roane of Pike, J. F. Sessions, W. B. Snowden,
J. J. Spelman, J. Stewart, E. H. Stiles, D. Stiles,
J. M. Stone, H. M. Street, H. Taylor, B. G. Un
derwood, J. V. Walker, H. W. Warren, G. W.
White, S. V. W. Whiting, W. B. Williams W. J.
Willing, A. S. Wood-79.
NAYS-0.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 7, 1870.*

YEAS-Messrs. J. J. Akard, Benjamin Alsup, Thomas W. Allred, A. J. Baker, Francis P. Becker, T. S. Benefiel, John Bitman, John H. Bohn, Jacob S. Boreman, Tarlton Brewster, William P. Browning, Henry Bruihl, C. C. Byrne, Daniel Clark, M. S. Courtright, D. S. Crumb, W. H. H. Cundiff, E. S. Davis, R. B. Denny, R. T. Dibble, John H. Dolle, W. B. Elliott, A. W. Ellison, Frank Eno, John W. Enoch, John F. Fassen, William J. Ferguson, E. P. Ferrell, John B. Freeman, A. L. Gibbs, James Gibson, John H. Glenn, R. T. Gladney, August Hackman, James B. Harper, Samuel Hays, J. T. K. Hayward, Asa F. Heely, Newton P. Howe, Anthony Ittner, Jesse Jennings, R. F. Johnson, T. H. Jones, Rufus D. Keeney, Oscar Kirkham, Milo S. Laughlin, Frank E. Lombar, J. M. Magner, James C. McGinnis, William H. McLane, G. W. L. Mitchell, Robert S. Moore, H. G. Mullings, Adolphus Munch, William N. Nalle, Thomas D. Neal, W. H. Norris, W. R. Pyle, C. R. Peck, James L. Powell, Joseph Pulitzer, J. M. Quigley, David C. Reed, John A. Rice, Constance Riek, J. P. Robertson, Samuel E. Roberts, Frederick Roever, L. A. Rountree, Ozias Ruark, F. T. Russell, Louis Schulenberg, Milton F. Simmons, Sam. L. Smith, James Southard, T. J. Stauber, Edmon Stinson, David K. Steele, L. A. Thompson, James S. Todd,

The former vote, on p. 494, Manual of 1869, was void through informality.

NAYS-Messrs. James T. Adams, Emile P. Albert, W. H. Bennett, Joseph Bogy, W. H. Bowles, S. A. Brown, John G. Burton, Thomas Byrns, D. S. Caldwell, R. A. Campbell, N. C. Claiborne, G. William Colley, T. G. Harris, Jesse Huffman, Garland Hurt, William Key, W. J. Knott, William T. Leeper, F. L. Marchand, Andrew McElvain, John M. McMichael, C. J. Miller, Amos R. Phillips, James H. Requa, Lucien SalJohn P. Murphy, Sidney S. Neely, M. H. Phelan, isbury, John Salyer, Edwin S. Sebastian, Marion Sides, George D. Sloan, Robert Waide, Theodore

F. Warner-34.

Nebraska.

SENATE, February 17, 1870.

YEAS-Messrs. Tolbert Ashton, E. E. Cun

ningham, William Daily, Geo. W. Frost, Samuel A. Fulton, Charles H. Gere, William F. GoodEugene L. Reed, Thomas B. Stevenson, Edward will, Hiram D. Hathaway, Nathan S. Porter, B. Taylor-12.

NAYS-Mr. Guy C. Barnum-1.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 17, 1870.

YEAS-Messrs. Wells Brewer, Sardius C. Brewster, Jarvis C. Church, Samuel Carter, Jonathan Edwards, James Fitchie, Joseph Fox, J. F. Gardner, Joel T. Griffin, J. McF. Hagood, P C. Jones, Edwin Loveland, A. F. McCartney, David McCaig, Joseph McKeon, H. O. Minick, Daniel S. Parmelee, Watson Parish, L. W. Pattison, Christian Rathman, Hinman Rhodes, F. R. Roper, Geo. L. Seybolt, Geo. R. Shook, Henry Stinemann, A. S Stewart, W. H. B. Stout, J. W. Talbot, Ezra Tullis, Anton Zimmerrer, William McLennan, Speaker-31.

A. Leary, C. A. Speice-4.

NAYS-Messrs. Marcus Brush, J. S. Hunt, C.

New Hampshire.*

SENATE, July 1, 1869.

The resolution ratifying the amendment was adopted without a division, there being eleven Senators in the body, as follow:

John H. Bailey, Nathaniel Gordon, Joseph F. Kennard, John Y. Mugridge, George C. Peavey, Ezra Gould, Gilman Scripture, Jonas Livingston, Ellery Albee, Ira Colby, jr., John W. Barney.

New Jersey.

SENATE, February 7, 1870. YEAS-Messrs. Jesse Adams, John C. Belden, Edward Bettle, George T. Cobb, Samuel Hopkins, James H. Nixon, John W. Taylor, John Torrey, jr.-8.

NAYS-Messrs. Edward H. Bird, Joseph G. Bowne, James J. Brinkerhoff, Calvin Corle. Richard E. Edsall, Job H. Gaskill, John Hopper, Henry S Little, Learning Rice, Amos Robins, (President,) Noah D. Taylor, James T. Wiley, John Woolverton-13.

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, February 1, 1870. YEAS-Messrs. Thomas C. Alcott, William H.

* For vote in House, see p. 494, Manual of 1869.

Barton, Columbus Beach, Thomas Beesley, Henry NAYS-Messrs. Baber, Barry, Barton, Boyett,
L. Bonsall, Albert M. Bradshaw, Albert A. Drake, Bright, Caldwell, Cheatham, Clark of Jackson,
David Evans, Charles F. H. Gray, C. P. Gurnee, Colville, Cox, Curl, Dunlap, Everett, Fleming,
James L. Gurney, Leonard F. Harding, William Glenn, Hampton, Harrison, Hinkle, Hornberger,
A. House, John Hunkele, Levi D. Jarrard, Far- James of Hamilton, James of Smith, Jones, Kee-
rand Kitchell, James C. Norris, Benjamin H. ney, Kelley, Kenney, King, Knight, Longacre,
Overheiser, Theodore W. Phoenix, Albert L. Run- McGaughey, Morrison, Neil, Nicks, Nixon, Pear-
yon, Joseph F. Sanxay, William R. Sayre, Wilson, Rhea, Roach, Rose, Rosson, Russell of Ruth-
liam C. Shinn, Abel I. Smith, John R. Staats, erford, Saddler, Saunders, Sherrod, Slack, Smith,
Henry W. Wilson, Nimrod Woolery—27. Spears, Steale, Stephens, Thomas, Towsand, Tuck-
NAYS-Messrs. Leon Abbett, James W. Arrow-er, Walker, Warren, West, White, Wilson, Young,
smith, S. B. Beraus, Ferdinand Blauck, William and Mr. Speaker Pearkins-57.
Brinkerhoff, George E. Brown, Herman D. Busch,
Hiram C. Clark, James B. Doremus, Levi French,
Charles O. Groscup, William W. Hawkins, Henry
Hobbs, Henry A. Hopper, Charles O. Hudnut,
Samuel H. Hunt, John Kugler, John P. Lair,
John J. Maxwell, Mathew Murphy, Austin H.
Patterson, Abraham Perkins, Theodore Probasco,
Absalom B. Purcell, Hugh Reid, Jesse M. Sharp,
William Silverthorn, Caleb H. Valentine, D. H.
Van Mater, Samuel Whartman, Chauncey G.
Williams, and Eben Winton-32.

Rhode Island.

Texas.

SENATE, February 18, 1870.

YEAS-Messrs. E. L. Alford, Thomas H. Baker, John G. Bell, W. H. Bowers, E. T. Braughton, Don Campbell, D. W. Cole, E. L. Dohoney, J. P. Douglass, W Flanagan, S. W. Ford, A. K. Foster, A. J. Fountain, Matt. Gaines, P. W. Hall, Theodore Hertzberg, H. R. Latimer, J. S. Mills, W. H. Parsons, B. J. Pridgen, E. L. Pyle, Henry Rawson, G. T. Ruby, W. A. Saylor-24.

NAYS-Messrs. Samuel Evans, G. R. Shan

non-2.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,* January 18, 1870.
YEAS-Mr. Speaker Benj. T. Eames, Messrs. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, February 15, 1870.
William T. Adams, Edwin Aldrich, William D.
YEAS-Messrs. J. O. Austin, J. A. Abney, C.
Aldrich, Ferdinand H. Allen, Emor J. Angell, L. Abbott, M. L. Armstrong, H. R. Allen, R. A.
Lucius C. Ashley, Julius Baker, John H. Bar- Allen, J. Abbott, J. D. Burnett, E. J. Becton, J.
den, William W. Blodgett, Baylies Bourne, Fran-P. Butler, D. W. Burley, T. J. Chambers, L W.
cis Brinley, Joseph F. Brown, Henry Bull, jr., Cooper, S. Cotton, J. R. Cole, L. B. Camp, A. M.
John T. Bush, Ezra J. Cady, Thomas G. Carr, Cox, G. Dupree, W. W. Davis, A. Dorris, T. G.
John G. Childs, J. Hamilton Clarke, William H. Franks, C. W. Gardner, F. E. Grothaus, C. T. D.
Clarke, James C. Collins, Davis Cook, jr., Sala- Harn, J. P. Hill, J. J. Hamilton, G. T. Haswell,
din Cook, Edwin Darling, Daniel E. Day, Henry J. E. Hawkins, J. W. Johnson, C. Jenkins, M.
F. Drown, Edward L. Freeman, Henry T. Grant, Kendal, John W. Lane, A. F. Leonard, W. J.
George W. Greene, Richard W. Green, Mason W. Locke, M. Manning, J. H. Morrison, H. Moore,
Hale, David S. Harris, Stephen Harris, William W. P. McLean, J. R. McKee, J. F. McKee, S.
S. Kent, Robert R. Knowles, William Knowles, Mullins, D. Medlock, R. L. Moore, J. W. Posey,
George W. Lewis, Nathan B. Lewis, John Love- W. C. Pierson, B. R. Plumly, W. Prissie, W. &.
land, Jesse Metcalf, Francis W. Miner, Arlon Robinson, F. Schleckum, G. H. Slaughter, W. H.
Mowry, Jabez W. Mowry, George H. Olney, Sinclair, W. Sherriff, W. B. Stirman, E. L. Smith,
Samuel B. Parker, Charles H. Perkins, De Witt C. J. Stockbridge, B. S. Shelburn, J. Schutze, F.
C. Remington, William H. Seagrave, Ira O. Sea-Tegner, S. S. Weaver, B. F. Williams, H. W.
mans, William P. Sheffield, Orrin W. Simmons, Young, J. B. York, H. C. Youngkin, R. Zapp, and
George T. Spicer, Joseph E. Spink, Horatio A. A. Zoller-65.
Stone, Albert M. Waite, William R. Walker,
John E. Weeden, Joseph D. Wilcox, James M.
Wright-59.

NAYS-Messrs. George N. Bliss, Theodore P. Bogert, Raymond P. Colwell, Nathaniel B. Durfee, Edward Lillibridge, John C. Pegram, William C. Rhodes, Samuel Rodman, jr., Nathaniel C. Smith, Nathan T. Verry-10.

Tennessee.

SENATE, November 24, 1869.
The resolution ratifying the amendment was
referred to the Committee on Federal Relations,
from which it has never been reported.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,† November 16, 1869.
YEAS-Messrs. J. H. Agee, Baker, Boyd, Eckel,
Hunley, Layman, McConnell, McElwee, Scott,
Singletary, Snodderly, and Yoakum-12.

*Question postponed from May, 1869, as shown on p. 487 Manual of 1869.

The full names are not given here on account of inability to obtain them.

NAYS-Messrs. S. J. Adams, H. C. Ellis, W. 4. Gaston, W. E. Hughes, F. Kyle, B. B. Lacy, J. H. Miller, E. L. Robb, T. E. Ross, J. G. Smith—10.

Vermont.

SENATE, October 20, 1869.

YEAS-Messrs. Grenville G. Benedict, Asa R. Camp, William Collamer, Lucius Copeland, George N. Dale, Albert G. Dewey of Windsor, Jerry Ě. Dickerman, William G. Elkins, Roswell Farnham, David Goodell, Ezra B. Green, A. B. Halbert, Harley M. Hall, J. H. Hastings, Charles H. Heath, William R. Hutchinson, James Hutchinson, jr., Rollin J. Jones, Jedd P. Ladd, George A. Merrill, William P. Nash, Franklin H. Orvis, William M. Pingry, Homer E. Royce, Robert J. Saxe, Hoyt H. Wheeler-26.

NAYS-0.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, October 19, 1869. YEAS-Messrs. David C. Abbott, Stephen Alden, Andrew S. Allis, Joseph Andrew, Lyman

NAYS-Messrs. G. W. Aiken, Patrick Barrett, Josiah F. Brigham, Almon L. Clark, Channing Hazeltine, Rollin W. Holbrook, Abial C. Palmer, Fred. Parks, James M. Peak, Thomas Pollard, James M. Soule, George Wooster of Marshfield12.

Virginia.

SENATE, October 8, 1869.

Batcheller, John Bailey, jr., Frederick H. Bald- | Henry B. Williams, Horace G. Wood, Albert
win, George A. Ballard, J. Warren Barnes, Fay- Worcester, Pliney Wright, George W. Grandey,
ette Barney, George Barrett of Weathersfield, Speaker-196.
Jonas R. Bartlett, William H. Bebee, Julius B.
Benedict, George Benton, John Bigelow, Lewis
H. Bisbee, Saul Bishop, George O. Boyce, Caleb
R. Brewer, George B. Brewster, Sumner Briggs,
Asa Brigham, Charles W. Brigham, Jerome B.
Bromley, Ebenezer B. Brown, William C. Brown,
Horatio N. Bull, Oscar E. Butterfield, James Car-
dell, Hiram Carleton, Benjamin F. D. Carpenter,
Charles Chamberlin, Charles Chase, T. Abel Chase,
Howard Clark, Nathan S. Clark, Jason Clark,
Lewis Cobb, James A. Coburn, Mason S. Colburn, Anderson, William P. Austin, R S. Beazley, J.
YEAS-Messrs. Abner Anderson, William A.
Chauncey H. Conkey, David Cook, Edwin S. Cook, W. D. Bland, Charles Campbell, David G. Carr,
Seth F. Cowles, Sumner Curtis, Ezra F. Darling, A. R. Courtney, A. M. Davis, Thomas P. Fitz-
Leonard W. Day, William Deming, Asa M. Dick-patrick, James Milton French, James S. Greever,
ev, Jonathan B. Dike, Josiah B. Divoll, Chester D. A. Grimsley, Marcus A. Harris, F. W. Has-
B. Dow, William P. Downing, Stephen L. Dutton,
Frederick P. Eaton, Alanson Edgerton, Ezra Ed-
son, Jacob Estey, Edson Farman, Jona B Farns-
worth, John Farrar, Joseph C. Fenn, James K.
Foster, George P. Foster, Ezra S. Freeman, Barnes
Frisbie, John H. Gambell, Nelson Gay, David N.
Gibb, George Giffin, jr., Philip K. Gleed, William
Goff, George Goodell, George S. Goodrich, Henry
H. Goodsell, Marcus D. Grover, Emerson Hall, Jo-

kell, Charles Herndon, George H. Kindrick, T. N. Latham, Meriwether Lewis, William T. Martin, E. W. Massie, William P. Moseley, Frank Moss, Robert L. Owen, James Patterson, W. K. John Robinson, John E. Roller, J. Ambler Smith, Perrin, John E. Penn, Washington L. Riddick, Normand Smith, William D. Smith, Edgar Snowden, jr., Thomas E. Taylor, W. H. Taylor, George Teamoh, William R. Terry, Joseph Waddell,

Franklin Wood—40.

NAYS-Messrs. Abel T. Johnson, Isaiah L. Ly

ons-2.

siah L. Hamblet, John O. Hamilton, Samuel Har-
rington, Royal D. Hedden, Rufus N. Hemenway,
Charles Hewitt, Ansel L. Hill, Calvin Hill, Ly-
man G. Hinckley, Charles B. Holden, William C.
Holman, Benjamin A. Holmes, Lyman W. Holmes
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, October 8, 1869.
of Waterville, Joel Holton, Orman P. Hooker,
YEAS-Messrs. William H. Andrews, W. W.
Heman Hopkins, jr., John P. Hoskison, A. S. Arnett, John W. Ashby, George R. Atkinson, Jacob
Howard, Asahel H. Hubbard, Julius A. Hum-S. Atlee, Edmund R. Bagwell, William Bartlett,
phrey, Samuel S Hunt of Guilford, Loyal Hun- Henry Bell, H. M. Bell, Augustus Bodeker, Stith
tington, Elisha B. Hurd, Luther H. Hurlburt, Bolling, Henry Bowen, Henry M. Bowden, Philo
John V. S. Isham, Lyman Jackson, Andrew Jack Bradley, Cary Breckinridge, William H. Brisby,
son, Samuel R Jenkins, Elias L. Jewett, John L. C. Bristow, Lewis H. Bryant, William A. Bry-
Johnson, William Johnson, Charles H. Joyce, ant, Isaac D. Budd, John W. Bullman, Richard
George B. Keeler, Phineas A. Kemp, Isaac K. U. Burgess, Robert C. Burkholder, Josiah L. Camp-
Kenaston, Silas G. King, Aaron N. King, Harvey bell, J. T. Chase, M. H. Clark, A. B. Cochrane,
N. Kingsbury, John Kinsley, Alfred H. Knapp, Walter Coles, Henry Cox, John B. Crenshaw, John
Willard Kneeland, Melvin A. Knowlton, Charles W. Daniel, Addison Davis, S. M. Dodge, John
I. Ladd, James R. Langdon, Jabez W. Langdon, Dugger, Isaac Edmundson, B. T. Edwards, George
Martin Leonard, Joseph P. Long, Joel Lyman, Fayerman, L. H. Frayser, A. N. Fretz, J. H. Ful-
Isaac A. Manning, Augustus M. Marsh, John L. ton, W. J. Fulton, George K. Gilman, T. H. Gos-
Mason, Nathaniel C. McKnight, Gardner Merrill, ney, George Graham, G. W. Graham, George H.
Timothy C. Miles, Ephraim Moore, Ira A. Morse, T. Greer, Marshall Hanger, Benjamin N. Hatcher,
Lucius P. Mowry, Isaac J. Nichols, Luther A. Job Hawxhurst, B. G. Haynie, Henry B. Hams-
Nichols, Joseph Nickerson, Julius N. North, berger, J. C. Hill, James O. Hensley, John Hen-
George N. Ober, Frank E. Ormsby, Carrol S. Page, son, C. E. Hodges, John Q. Hodges, John M. Hud-
Paine, Harry B. Parker, James Parker, gin, Thomas P. Jackson, Reuben Johnson, B. F.
Daniel P. Peabody, Francis Phelps, Horatio S. Jones, James D. Jones, R. G. W. Jones, A. M. Keiley,
Pierce, Milo Pierce, Joseph H. Pratt, Joseph Pur-James Keith, John A. Kelly, J. H. Kelly, Luther
mort, Marcus S. Reed, Philemon Remington, Ed-
ward J. Reynolds, Jotham S. Rice, Lorenzo Rich-
mond, Jesse J. Ridley, Henry B. Ripley, Oscar
P. Rixford, Abraham R. Ross, Noah B. Safford,
Charles A. Scott, George Severance, William H.
Silsby, Isaac M. Smith, Oliver Smith, Homer H.
Southwick, Eugene H. Spaulding, Marshal W,
Stoddard, Alpheus H. Stone, Cyrus W. Strong,
Andrew J. Taylor, Albin L. Thompson, Joseph
Underwood, Asahel Upham, Torrey E. Wales,
William W. Walker, Henry A. Walker, George
B. Warner, Edwin W. Washburn, Frederick A.
Way, Walter A. Weed, Merrick Wentworth, Far-
well Wetherby, Samuel E. Wheat, Eugene P.
Wheeler, Joseph W. Wheelock, Edwin C. White,
James E. White, Erastus Whitney, John Willey,

Lee, jr., Frank W. Lindsey, James Lipscomb,
William Lovenstein, F. W. Mahood, F. L. Mar-
shall, Stephen Mason, Joseph H. Massie, William
Matthey, J. A. McCaull, Bernard McCracken,
William McDonald, William McLaughlin, Robert
A. Miller, David J. Miller, J. B. Miller, jr., Peter
G. Morgan, Samuel B. Morrison, John R. Moss,
Benjamin H. Moulton, Rufus A. Murrell, J. H.
Noble, F. S. Norton, Robert Norton, Alexander
Owen, David Pannill, Thomas C. Parramore, Rob-
ert O. Peatross, Cæsar Perkins, F. M. Perkins,
Robert B. Poore, John R. Popham, W. A. J. Potts,
William H. Ragsdale, George L. Seaton, Arthur
S. Segar, Thomas M. Shearman, John H. A. Smith,
G. H. Southall, S. V. Southall, J. C. Shelton, L. R.
Stewart, John R. Strother, Josiah Tattum, Wil

liam F. B. Taylor, John F. Terry, E. F. Tiller,
James C. Toy, David Thayer, C. Y. Thomas, John
R. Thurman, Smith S. Turner, George Walker,
James W. Walker, jr., William J. Wall, John Wat-
son, Watson R. Wentworth, D. B. White, Ellis
Wilson, William L. Williams, W. R. Winn, W. W.
Wood, B. L. Woodson, A. L. Woodworth, George
Young, Zeph. Turner, Speaker-132.
NAYS-0.

uel S. Lowery, Samuel T. Maddox, J. Warren
Merchant, David M. Miner, David H. Mulford,
Daniel A. Northrop, Lyman Oatman, Julius M.
Palmer, John Parker, Jay A. Pease, James H.
Pierce, Henry Ray, William T. Remer, James
Roberts, Lee R. Sanborn, James A. Seward, Gus-
tavus Sniper, Thomas Stevenson, Nathan R.
Tefft, Edward C. Walker, George N. West, John
H. White, David E. Wilson, Orange S. Winans,

VOTES OF NEW YORK AND OHIO, THE FOR- Anson S. Wood, Charles S. Wright-56.

MER ON RESCINDING A PREVIOUS RATIFI-
CATION AND THE LATTER ON RATIFICA-
TION AFTER A PREVIOUS REJECTION.*

New York.

SENATE, January 5, 1870.
YEAS-Messrs. A. Bleecker Banks, Isaiah Blood,
John T. Bradley, William Cauldwell, Thomas J.
Creamer, Samuel H. Frost, Henry W. Genet, Wil-
liam M.Graham, John F. Hubbard, jr., Jarv. Lord,
George Morgan, Henry C. Murphy, Christopher
F. Norton, Michael Norton, George H. Sanford,
William M. Tweed-16.

NAYS-Messrs. George Bowen, William H.
Brand, Orlow W. Chapman, Augustus R. Elwood,
George N. Kennedy, Loren L. Lewis, Theodore
L. Minier, Abraham X. Parker, Allen D. Scott,
Francis S. Thayer, Norris Winslow, James Wood,
William B. Woodin-13.

ASSEMBLY, January 5, 1870,
YEAS-Messrs. Seymour Ainsworth, Orson M.
Allaben, Francis B. Baldwin, George J. Bamler,
Gershon Bancker, Daniel D. Barnes, James G.
Bennett, William G. Bergen, John J. Blair, John
Brown, Dennis Burns, Timothy J. Campbell, John
Carey, Owen Cavanagh, Hugh M. Clark, Wil-
liam W. Cook, William C. Coon, Henry J. Cul-
len, jr., John Davis, Daniel G. Dodge, Joseph
Droll, John F. Empie, John L. Flagg, Richard
Flanagan, Patrick J. Flynn, Alexander Frear,
Isaiah Fuller, Abraham E. Hasbrouck, Odell S.
Hathaway, Bernard Haver, John R. Hennessey,
Morgan Horton, Abraham Howe, James Irving,
John C. Jacobs, St. Perrie Jerred, William C. Jones,
Lawrence D Kiernan, Charles H. Krack, jr.,
John L. La Moree, Thomas J. Lanahan, Edward
D. Lawrence, Thomas J. Lyon, Godfrey R. Mar-
tine, Peter Mitchell, James J. Mooney, William
W. Moseley, Michael C. Murphy, Owen Murphy,
William D. Murphy, Martin Nachtmann, James
M. Nelson, Dennis O'Keeffe, Edward L. Patrick,
Lewis S. Payne, James B. Pearsall, George W.
Plunkitt, Harry B. Ransom, Edward D. Ronan,
James Shanahan, Brinley D. Sleight, William
W. Snow, Robert R. Steele, Edward Sturges, Silas
Sweet, John Tighe, Hiram Van Steenburgh, James
Young, William Hitchman, Speaker--69.

Ohio.

SENATE, January 14, 1870.

YEAS-Messrs. John Bartram, James A. Bell, Abel M. Corey, Jerry Dunbar, Homer Everett, Moses D. Gatch, Michael Goepper, A. P. Howard, Homer C. Jones, Henry McKinney, Peter Odlin, Benjamin F. Potts, Joseph M. Root, Rodney M. Stimson, Worthy S. Streator, Deciers S. Wade, Thomas A. Welsh, Laurin D. Woodworth, Thomas H. Yeatman-19.

NAYS-Messrs. James O. Amos, Charles Boesel, James M. Burt, Lewis D. Campbell, John Cowan, M. A. Daugherty, James Emmitt, Samuel T. Hunt, Adin G. Hibbs, William H. Holden, James R. Hubbell, James B. Jamison, A. E. Jenner, L. B. Leeds, Nathan C. Lord, Hinchman S. Prophet, John L. Winner, John Woodbridge—18. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, January 20, 1870.

YEAS-Messrs William Adair, R. W. Anderson, Bethel Bates, H. M. Bates, M. W. Beach, S. E. Blakeslee, E. Bogardus, A. H. Brown, Samuel C. Bowman, James Bradbury, George W. Brooke, John A. Brown, R. P. Cannon, A. J. Cunningham, H. W. Curtiss, R. B. Dennis, Joseph H. Dickson, William H. Enochs, Ed. H. Fitch, Samuel H. Ford, Robert C. Fulton, Thomas Geffs, Elijah Glover, Wilson W. Griffith, Samuel Hayward, A. Hill, B. L. Hill, George H. Hill, Peter Hitchcock, George A. Hubbard, William N. Hudson, Ellis N. Johnson, jr., Thomas F. Joy, E. F. Kleinschmidt, A. P. Lacey, John Little, J. K. Mower, A. Munson, W. O. Parker, William Park, John A. Price, William Ritezel, James Sayler, R. M. Stanton, George W. Steele, James A. Sterling, Jarnin Strong, jr., Samuel N. Titus, J. C. Ullery, N. H. Van Vorhees, M. J. Williams, William S. Williams, John P. Williamson, William W. Wilson, J. K. Wing, Alfred Wolcott, G. I. Young-57.

NAYS-Messrs. William T. Acker, William Armstrong, Isaac Anstill, R. P. L. Baber, George S. Baker, John Baker, Edward Ball, John Bettelon, Daniel J. Cullen, William T. Cessna, Joseph R. Cockerill, James E. Chase, Levi Colby, William T. Conkling, Thomas A. Corcoran, James W. Devose, Ozro J. Dodds, Elias Ellis, E. H. NAYS-Messrs. Thomas G. Alvord, Isaac V. Gaston, Lewis Green, Thomas I. Haldeman, Baker, jr., Matthew P. Bemus, John Berry, Al-James H. Hambleton, S. M. Heller, John L. bert H. Blossom, Alpheus Bolt, William Bradford, Samuel L. Brown, Volney P. Brown, William W. Butterfield, J. Thomas Davis, Clayton H. De Lano, John H. Deming, Jay Dimick, William H. Eaker, William M. Ely, Charles N. Flanagin, Charles Foster, James Franklin, George M. Gleason, James S. Graham, Stephen S. Green, Amasa Hall, Stephen S. Hewitt, Marcus A. Hull, James W. Husted, Eugene Hyatt, Richard Johnson, Leonard C. Kilham, De Witt C. Littlejohn, Sam*See pp. 495 and 496, Manual of 1869.

Hughes, John D. Kemp, A. C. Kile, John Kisor, Jesse Leohner, John K. Love, John G. Marshall, Jason Mc Vey, William Milligan, Samuel R. Mott, jr., William Pace, Thomas W. Peckinpaugh, Michael V. Ream, James Robinson, Henry Schirck, Henry Schoenfeldt, John Seitz, Aaron B. Shafer, William Shaw, Lewis W. Sifford, Garret B. Smith, A. Soule, E. T. Stickney, W. Still well, John D. Thompson, E. M. Walker, A. Ward, John A. Weyer, Clark White, John C. Waldron, William R. Wilson, Hiram W. Winslow-55.

LIV.

LAND SUBSIDIES, 1827-1870.

Grant to the State of Indiana in aid of the construction of a canal between the Illinois river

Wabash and Erie Canal.

The first grant of public lands for the purpose of aiding internal improvements was made to the State of Indiana for the Wabash and Erie canal, in 1827, by an act entitled "An act to grant a certain quantity of land to the State of Indiana for the purpose of aiding said State in opening a canal to connect the waters of the Wabash river with those of Lake Erie."*

It provides: "That there be, and hereby is, granted to the State of Indiana, for the purpose of aiding the said State in opening a canal to unite at navigable points the waters of the Wabash river with those of Lake Erie, a quantity of land equal to one-half of five sections în width on each side of said canal, and reserving each alternate section to the United States, to be selected by the Commissioner of the Land Office, under the direction of the President of the United States, from one end thereof to the other; and the said lands shall be subject to the disposal of the Legislature of said State for the purpose aforesaid, and no other: Provided, That the said canal, when completed, shall be and forever remain a public highway for the use of the Government of the United States, free from any toll or other charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persons in their service, passing through the same: Provided, That said canal shall be commenced within five years, and completed in twenty years, or the State shall be bound to pay to the United States the amount of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers

under the State shall be valid."

This act granted to the State of Indiana 1,439,279 acres. The bill was reported from the Committee on Roads and Canals by William Hendricks, of Indiana, and passed both Houses by the following vote (politics not indicated):

and Lake Michigan, which vote was as follows:

YEAS-Messrs. Parmenio Adams, Adam R. Alexander, Luther Badger, Mordecai Bartley, John Barney, Ratliff Boon, William L. Brent, Richard A. Buekner, John W. Campbell, James Clark, Lewis Condict, Benjamin W. Crowninshield, Clement Dorsey, Henry W. Dwight, Samuel Edwards, Edward Everett, John Findlay, James ham B. Hasbrouck, Moses Hayden, John F. Henry, EbFindlay, Chauncey Forward, Henry H. Gurley, Abraenezer Herrick, George Holcombe, Samuel Houston, Daniel Hugunin, jr., Charles Humphrey, Ralph J. Ingersoll, Jacob C. Isacks, Jonathan Jennings, Joseph Johnson, Francis Johnson, Samuel Lathrop, Joseph Lawrence, Joseph Lecompte, Robert P. Letcher, Peter Little, John Lock, Rollin C. Mallary, John H. Marable. ton, Samuel McKean, William McLean, Ezra Meech, Henry C. Martindale, Dudley Marvin, Robert McHatCharles F. Mercer, Orange Merwin, Thomas Metcalf, John Miller, James S. Mitchell, John Mitchell, George Thomas Newton, George W. Owen, George Peter. Tim E. Mitchell, James C. Mitchell, Thomas P. Moore, othy H. Porter, Alfred H. Powell, John Reed, Robert

S. Rose, Henry H. Ross, Joshua Sands, John Scott, drew Stewart, James Strong, Samuel Swan, John Test, Thomas Shannon, Thomas H. Sill, John Sloane, AnGideon Tomlinson, David Trimble, Ebenezer Tucker, Joseph Vance, Samuel F. Vinton, George E. Wales, Aaron Ward, Daniel Webster, John C. Weems, Thomas Whipple, jr., Barton White, Elisha Whittlesey, Charles A. Wickliffe, James Wilson, John Woods, John C. Wright, William S. Young-90.

NAYS-Messrs. William Addams, Mark Alexander, Willis Alston, William G. Angel, Henry Ashley, John Bailey, John Baldwin, Ichabod Bartlett, Noyes Barber, John S. Barbour, Francis Baylies, John Blair, Titus Brown, Joseph H. Bryan, James Buchanan, William Burleigh, Samuel P. Carson, George Cary, Nathaniel H. Claiborne, John Cocke, Henry W. Conner, George W. Crump, Thomas Davenport, William Deitz, William Drayton, Nehemiah Eastman, John Forsyth, Andrew R. Govan, Robert Harris, Jonathan Harvey, Charles E. Haynes, Richard Hines, Aaron Hobart, Michael Hoffman, Jeromus Johnson, David Kidder, Thomas Kittera, Jacob Krebs, Edward Livingston, John Long, William McCoy, George McDuffie, William McManus, James Merriwether, Daniel H. Miller, Charles Miner, Jeremiah O'Brien, Robert Orr, Elisha Phelps. George Plumer, James K. Polk, James W. Ripley, William C. Rives, Lemuel Sawyer, James S. Stevenson, John Taliaferro, Starling Tucker, John Varnum, Gulian C. Verplanck, Elias Whittemore, Lewis Williams, John Wil son, George Wolf, Silas Wood, John Wurts-67.

It was then signed by the President, John Quincy Adams, on the same day.

Grant to the State of Illinois in aid of the Illinois Central Railroad.

IN SENATE, February 13, 1827. YEAS-Messrs. David Barton, Ephraim Bateman, Samuel Bell, Thomas H. Benton, Dominique Bouligny, Ezekiel F. Chambers, Dudley Chase, John H. Eaton, William Henry Harrison, William Hendricks, John Holmes, Richard M. Johnson, Josiah S. Johnston, Elias K. Kane, William Rufus King, Nehemiah R. Knight, John McKinley, William Marks, James Noble, The first grant of public lands in aid of the Thomas B. Reed, Henry M. Ridgely, Asher Robbins, construction of railroads was that made by "An Benjamin Ruggles, Horatio Seymour, Nathaniel Sils- act granting the right of way and making a grant bee, Samuel Smith, Jesse B. Thomas, Calvin Wiiley-of land to the States of Illinois, Mississippi, and NAYS-Messrs. John Branch, John Chandler, Thomas Alabama, in aid of the construction of a railroad Clayton, Thomas W. Cobb, Mahlon Dickerson, Henry from Chicago to Mobile," in 1850.* W. Edwards, William Findlay. Robert Y. Hayne, Nathaniel Macon, John Randolph, Nathan Sanford, William Smith, Littleton W. Tazewell, Levi Woodbury-14. IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, March 2, 1827. The bill passed without a division, the yeas and nays having just before been taken on a precisely similar proposition, granting lands to aid in the

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*4 U. S. Stats., p. 236. †Rep. Com. Land Office 1867, p. 257.

This act provided (sec. 2) "That there be, and is hereby, granted to the State of Illinois, for the purpose of aiding in making the railroad and branches aforesaid, every alternate section of land designated by even numbers, for six sections in width on each side of said road and branches." It also provided, that in case any of the land so #9 U. S. Stats., p. 466.

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