Second Session, Thirty-Seventh Congress.
The Internal Revenue Act of 1862.
1862, April 8—The House passed the bill to provide internal revenue, support the Government, and pay interest on the public debt—yeas 126, nays 15. The Nays were:
Messrs. William Allen, George H. Browne, Buffinton, Cox, Kerrigan, Knapp, Law, Norton, Pendleton, Richardson, Shiel, Vallandigham, Voorhees, Chilton A. White, Wickliffe—15.
June 6—The bill passed in the Senate—yeas 37, nay 1, (Mr. Powell.)