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History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States

History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States

by William Horatio Barnes

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Author
Barnes, William Horatio, 1832-1879
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
E660: History: America: Late nineteenth century (1865-1900)
Subject
United States. Congress (39th : 1865-1867)
Category
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eBook-No.
24596
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24596
Release Date
February 13, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.HISTORY — WITH PORTRAITS.
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I.—Opening Scenes. — CHAPTER II.—Locations of the Members and Cast of the Committees. — CHAPTER III.—Formation of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction. — CHAPTER IV.—Suffrage in the District of Columbia. — CHAPTER V.—The Freedmen. — CHAPTER VI.—The Freedmen's Bureau Bill in the Senate. — CHAPTER VII.—The Freedmen's Bureau Bill in the House. — CHAPTER VIII.—The Senate and the Veto Message. — CHAPTER IX.—The Civil Rights Bill in the Senate. — CHAPTER X.—The Civil Rights Bill in the House of Representatives. — CHAPTER XI.—The Civil Rights Bill and the Veto. — CHAPTER XII.—The Second Freedmen's Bureau Bill becomes a Law. — CHAPTER XIII.—First Words on Reconstruction. — CHAPTER XIV.—The Basis of Representation in the House. — CHAPTER XV.—The Basis of Representation in the Senate. — CHAPTER XVI.—Representation of the Southern States. — CHAPTER XVII.—The Reconstruction Amendment in the House. — CHAPTER XVIII.—The Reconstruction Amendment in the Senate. — CHAPTER XIX.—Report of the Committee on Reconstruction. — CHAPTER XX.—Restoration of Tennessee. — CHAPTER XXI.—Negro Suffrage. — CHAPTER XXII.—The Military Reconstruction Act. — CHAPTER XXIII.—Other Important Acts. — CHAPTER XXIV.—The President and Congress. — CHAPTER XXV.—Personal.
  5. 5.LIST OF PORTRAITS.
  6. 6.INTRODUCTORY.
  7. 7.CHAPTER I.
  8. 8.CHAPTER II.
  9. 9.CHAPTER III.
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV.
  11. 11.CHAPTER V.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII.
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII.
  15. 15.CHAPTER IX.
  16. 16.CHAPTER X.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XI.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XII.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIII.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XIV.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XV.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVI.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVII.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XIX.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XX.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXI.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXII.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXV.
  32. 32.BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
  33. 33.ANALYTICAL INDEX — THE END.

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