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The Thirty-sixth 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. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850. The Senate had a Democratic majority, and the House had a Republican plurality. ==Major events== * June 8, 1859: Comstock Lode discovered in the western Utah Territory (present-day Nevada) * August 27, 1859: First oil well was drilled in the United States, near Titusville, Pennsylvania * October 16–18, 1859: John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry began * December 2, 1859 John Brown executed. * April 3, 1860: Pony Express began its first run * April 23 - May 3, 1860: Democratic National Convention held in Charleston, South Carolina. Unable to agree on a nominee, the delegates voted to reconvene in June. * May 9, 1860: Constitutional Union Party National Convention held in Baltimore, Maryland, nominating John Bell for President. * May 18, 1860: Republican National Convention held in Chicago, Illinois, nominating Abraham Lincoln for President. * June 18-23, 1860: Democratic Party reconvened in Baltimore, Maryland, nominating Stephen A. Douglas for President.〔 * June 26-28, 1860: Southern Democrats held a convention in Richmond, Virginia, nominating John C. Breckinridge for President.〔 * November 6, 1860: U.S. presidential election: Abraham Lincoln beat John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas, and John Bell. * December 20, 1860: South Carolina Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession * January 3, 1861: Delaware Secession Convention voted not to secede from the Union * January 9, 1861: Mississippi Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession * January 10, 1861: Florida Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession * January 11, 1861: Alabama Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession * January 18, 1861: Georgia Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession * January 26, 1861: Louisiana Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession * January 29, 1861. Kansas admitted to the Union as a free state. * February 1, 1861: Texas Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession * February 23, 1861: The people of Texas ratified its Ordinance of Secession〔 President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived secretly in Washington, D.C. after an assassination attempt in Baltimore, Maryland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「36th United States Congress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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