The Fortieth Congress
The Supplementary Reconstruction bill which was introduced in the Senate on March 14
finally passed both Houses of Congress on March 23. The two Houses having disagreed on
March 18 on certain amendments introduced in the House, a Committee of Conference was
asked and allowed, and it reported on March 19, agreeing to the Senate proposition that
the State Constitution shall be ratified by a majority of the votes cast, provided that it
shall appear that a majority of the registered voters voted on the question of
ratification. A clause is added that Congress must be satisfied that all the registered
voters had an opportunity to vote freely and fairly without any fear or interruption, and
that the constitution meets the approval of a majority of the qualified voters. Thus
amended the bill passed both Houses on March 19, and went to the President, who, on March
23, returned the bill with his objections. The Senate immediately passed it over the veto
by a vote of 40 yeas to 7 nays; the House doing the same by the not less decisive vote of
114 yeas to 25 nays.
Articles Related to Military Reconstruction:
News Items
January 19, 1867, page 35
Impeachment
January 26, 1867, page 50
Congress and
Impeachment
February 16, 1867, page 98
The Probability of
Impeachment
February 23, 1867, page 114
The Louisiana Bill
March 2, 1867, page 130
Reconstruction
March 9, 1867, page 146
The Thirty-Ninth
Congress
March 9, 1867, page 146
The Veto of the Reconstruction Bill
March 16, 1867, page 162
The Fortieth Congress
March 30, 1867, page 195
The Fortieth Congress
April 6, 1867, page 211
Sprats and Vetoes
April 6, 1867, page 210
Adjournment of Congress
April 13, 1867, page 226
Prometheus Bound
March 2, 1867, page 137
The Result
March 30, 1867, page 194
The Southern Commanders
April 6, 1867, page 218
The Debate upon Impeachment
March 23, 1867, page 178
We Accept the Situation (cartoon)
April 13, 1867, page 240
The Big Thing (cartoon)
April 20, 1867, page 256
The End of Impeachment
June 22, 1867, page 386
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