- Committee on Credentials
Committee on Credentials
The Committee on Credentials was created to examine and report on the credentials of those elected to the Conference. We do not have the records of this committee.
The Peace Conference of 1861
In February 1861, following the inauguration of Lincoln and the secession of seven states from the Union, a convention of 131 politicians from the remaining states met in Washington, D. C., at the Willard Hotel. They aimed to prevent civil war, and the secession of further states, by proposing an amendment to the Constitution that would protect the existence and practice of slavery, within certain parameters, by enshrining them in constitutional law. An amendment was eventually agreed and recommended to Congress, where it was not passed.
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Sessions (9)
The Committee on Credentials was appointed, and received a communication from the Governor of the State of Iowa, along with resolutions from the States of Rhode Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana.
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The Committee made a report confirming the appointment/election of delegates from the States of New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and Iowa.
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The Committee received resolutions from the States of New York, Tennessee, and Illinois and made a report confirming the appointment/election of delegates from the States of New York, Tennessee, and Illinois.
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The Committee received resolutions from the States of Massachusetts and Missouri and made a report confirming the appointment/election of delegates from the States of New York, Massachusetts, and Missouri.
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The Committee received made a report confirming the appointment/election of delegates from the State of Maine.
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The Committee received made a report confirming the appointment/election of Granger from the State of New York, to fill a vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Gardiner.
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The Committee received made a report confirming the appointment/election of Stone from the State of Kansas.
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The Committee received made a report on the defect in the case of Stone, confirming his right to membership of the Conference, and also confirming the appointment/election of further delegates from the State of Kansas.
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