HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Opening Scenes.

LIST OF PORTRAITS.

INTRODUCTORY.

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.

BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF THE THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.

ANALYTICAL INDEX

Title: History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States

Author: Wiliam H. Barnes

Language: English

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[Illustration: Hon. Schuyler Colfax.]