History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States

by William Horatio Barnes

FIRST SESSION.—To enlarge the powers of the Freedmen's
Bureau; vetoed February 19, 1866.

To protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindication; vetoed; and passed, April 9, 1866, over veto.

For the admission of the State of Colorado into the Union; vetoed May, 1866.

To enable the Montana and New York Iron Mining and Manufacturing Company to purchase a certain amount of the public lands not now in market; vetoed June, 1866.

To continue in force and to amend an act entitled "an act to establish a bureau for the relief of freedmen and refugees, and for other purposes;" vetoed; passed, July 16, 1866, over veto.

For the admission of the State of Nebraska into the Union; not signed; failed through the adjournment of Congress.

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SECOND SESSION.—To regulate the elective franchise in the
District of Columbia; vetoed; passed, January 8, 1867, over
veto.

To admit the State of Colorado into the Union; vetoed
January 18, 1867.

For the admission of the State of Nebraska into the Union;
vetoed; passed, February 9, 1867, over veto.