Indiana 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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Indiana Delegation

This is one of the 22 delegations in the convention, accounting for 5 of 138 people who took part.

Members (5):

Name	Visualize	Details	Delegations
Erastus W. H. Ellis	Visualize	None	Indiana Delegation (This negotiation)
Pleasant A. Hackleman	Visualize	None	Indiana Delegation (This negotiation)
Godlove S. Orth	Visualize	(22 April, 1817 -- 16 December, 1882) Orth was an American lawyer and politician. Orth was born in Lebanon, Pa.. Orth was admitted to the bar in 1839 and began practice in LaFayette, Indiana. Orth was a member of the State senate from 1843 to 1848, serving one year as president. Orth was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses and later was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]	Indiana Delegation (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Indiana Delegation (United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65) , Indiana Delegation (United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866) , Indiana Delegation (This negotiation) , Indiana Delgation (The Civil Rights Act of 1875)
Thomas C. Slaughter	Visualize	None	Indiana Delegation (This negotiation)
Caleb B. Smith	Visualize	None	Indiana Delegation (This negotiation)