Footnotes for the Sessions of the
37th Congress, 1861-1863

session

type

convened

adjourned

President pro Tempore
of the Senate

Speaker of the House
of Representatives

SpecialSENATE4 March 186128 March 1861Foot- - - -

This Special Session of the SENATE was called by outgoing President James Buchanan via executive Proclamation issued on 11 February 1861.

1stExtra4 July 18616 August 1861FootGrow, Galusha A.
(Rep.- Pennsylvania)

This "extra" Session of the 37th Congress was called by President Abraham Lincoln via executive Proclamation issued on 15 April 1861.

2ndlong2 December 186117 July 1862FootGrow

3rdshort1 December 18623 March 1863FootGrow

Footnotes for the Sessions of the37th Congress, 1861-1863