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The 36th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1859, to March 4, 1861, during the third and fourth years of James Buchanan 's presidency .
Once Congress was depleted of the secessionist Democrats, the lame-duck 36th Congress admitted Kansas as a free state in January 1861, in time for it to send a Representative to the 37th Congress in March. The Republican Congress elected in 1860 began funding the transcontinental railroad, in July 1862.
This is a complete list of members of the United States Senate during the 36th United States Congress listed by seniority, from March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1861.. Order of service is based on the commencement of the senator's first term.
Buchanan sent at least two formal messages to Congress complaining that Covode and company were making vague accusations which were too broad and far-reaching to allow the accused to exercise his Constitutional right to prepare a defense or cross-examine witnesses, but was intended merely as a secret inquisition and one-sided smear campaign, compiled from a large pool of unsuccessful ...
This is a complete list of members of the United States House of Representatives during the 36th United States Congress listed by seniority. As an historical article, the districts and party affiliations listed reflect those during the 36th Congress (March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861).
36th Congress: March 4, 1859 Special session March 4, 1859 – March 10, 1859 March 3, 1861 Republican: 1st session December 5, 1859 – June 25, 1860 Special session June 26, 1860 – June 28, 1860 2nd session December 3, 1860 – March 3, 1861 Republican: 37th Congress: March 4, 1861 Special session March 4, 1861 – March 28, 1861 March 3, 1863
Congress is supposed to pass 12 annual appropriations bills — also known as spending or government funding bills — by October 1, the start of the new fiscal year. But this rarely happens.
Blair had an odd minor notoriety, when on July 29, 1870, he was an accidental witness to an incident in a famous homicide case. Staying at the then famous Fifth Avenue Hotel, facing West 23rd Street off Fifth Avenue, Blair woke up to cries of help from across the street. He watched from his hotel window as two men ran out of a brownstone ...