New York Delegation

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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New York Delegation

This is one of the 22 delegations in the convention, accounting for 12 of 138 people who took part.

Members (12):

Name	Visualize	Details	Delegations
Greene C. Bronson	Visualize	None	New York Delegation (This negotiation)
Erastus Corning	Visualize	(14 December, 1794 -- 9 April, 1872) Corning was an American businessman and politician. Born in Norwich, Conn., Corning moved to New York in 1814 and established himself in the iron business. Corning was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress and later to the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-eighth Congresses. Corning participated as a delegate to the delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]	New York Delegation (This negotiation) , New York Delegation (United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65) , New York Delegation (The Road to Civil War)
William E. Dodge	Visualize	"(September 4, 1805 -- February 9, 1883) William Earle Dodge was a clerk, businessman, and American politician. Dodge was born in Hartford, Connecticut and moved to New York City in 1818. Dodge established the house of Phelps, Dodge & Company and was its head for 40 years. He was a delegate to the peace convention of 1861, in Washington D.C. in an effort to come up with a peaceful alternative to the Civil War. William successfully contested as a Republican the election of James Brooks to the 39th Congress (April 7, 1866 - March 3, 1867) declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1866. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=D000397]"	New York Delegation (This negotiation) , New York Delegation (United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866)
David Dudley Field	Visualize	None	New York Delegation (This negotiation)
Addison Gardner	Visualize	None	New York Delegation (This negotiation)
Francis Granger	Visualize	None	New York Delegation (This negotiation)
Amaziah B. James	Visualize	None	New York Delegation (This negotiation)
John A. King	Visualize	None	New York Delegation (This negotiation)
William Curtis Noyes	Visualize	None	New York Delegation (This negotiation)
James C. Smith	Visualize	None	New York Delegation (This negotiation)
James S. Wadsworth	Visualize	None	New York Delegation (This negotiation)
John E. Wool	Visualize	None	New York Delegation (This negotiation)