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The Thirty-seventh 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, 1861 to March 4, 1863, during the first two years of Abraham Lincoln's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Seventh Census of the United States in 1850. Both chambers had a Republican majority. ==Major events== * March 4, 1861. Republican pluralities are seated in Senate and House, becoming governing majorities in both Houses given vacancies among Southerners. Louisiana has 2 of 4 representatives remaining. Although represented in the Confederate Congress, Missouri and Kentucky remained with full delegations in the 37th Congress.〔Martis, Kenneth C. 1989. p. 115〕〔Martis, Kenneth C. "The historical atlas of the Congresses of the Confederate States of America: 1861-1865" 1994 ISBN 0-13-389115-1, p. 32.〕 * March 4, 1861. Abraham Lincoln, certified as constitutionally elected president by the 36th Congress, is duly inaugurated President of the United States. * April 12–14, 1861: Battle of Fort Sumter, Civil War began * April 19, 1861: Union blockade of the South begins at Fort Monroe, Virginia * April 27, 1861: President Lincoln suspends habeas corpus from Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia and called up 75,000 militia. * May 6, 1861: Arkansas Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ordinance of Secession of Arkansas )〕 * May 20, 1861 North Carolina Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ordinance of Secession of North Carolina )〕 * May 23, 1861: Virginia popular referendum ratified Ordinance of Secession.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ordinance of Secession of Virginia )〕 5 of 12 U.S. Representatives remained. Two senators from the "Restored Government of Virginia" replaced the two who withdrew. * June 8, 1861: Tennessee popular referendum ratified Ordinance of Secession.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ordinance of Secession of Tennessee )〕 3 of 10 U.S. Representatives remain.〔 One Senator, Andrew Johnson, remained. * July 21, 1861: First Battle of Bull Run Union approach to Richmond is repulsed. * September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam rebel invasion into Maryland is repulsed. * September 22, 1862: Emancipation Proclamation ordered, to begin January 1, 1863 * November 1862: Democrats gained 31 House seats to 31% and lost 5 Senate seats to 19%.〔Martis, Kenneth C., p. 115, 117.〕 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「37th United States Congress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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