Incoming Resources
- In the Senate of the United States. June 30, 1856. -- Ordered to be printed. Motion by Mr. Jones, of Tennessee, to print 10,000 additional copies referred to the Committee on Printing. Mr. Douglas made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 356.) The Committee on Territories, to which was recommitted "A Bill To Authorize the People of the Territory of Kansas To Form a Constitution and State Government, Preparatory to Their Admission into the Union, When They Have the Requisite Population ... "
- Constitutional reform in transitional states, challenges and opportunities facing Egypt and Tunisia, Jason Gluck
- Jurisdictions revising their constitutions, compiled by Constance A. Johnson
- T. Butler King's report on California. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of T. Butler King, Esq., heretofore appointed bearer of despatches and special agent to California. March 27, 1850. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed; and Committee on Printing instructed to inquire into the expediency of printing 20,000 copies extra. April 11, 1850. Ordered that 10,000 extra copies be printed
- Resolutions of the General Assembly of New Hampshire, condemning as a violation of the Constitution, the trial and imprisonment of Thomas Wilson Dorr, by the authorities of Rhode Island. January 6, 1845. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed
- Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Wisconsin, relating to the claim of the state of five per cent, of the net proceeds of the sales of the public lands within its limit. February 12, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
- In Senate of the United States, November 29, 1820. The committee to whom was referred the constitution of the State of Missouri, report, That they have the same under consideration, and, by reference to the law of Congress, passed on the sixth day of March ..
- California. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting an authenticated copy of the constitution of the State of California. February 13, 1850. Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
- Resolutions of the Legislature of Ohio, relative to Kansas affairs. January 27, 1858. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed
- Georgia and Florida. Resolutions and documents relating to the boundary line between the State of Georgia and the Territory of Florida. January 28, 1828. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
- Senators and Representatives Elect from California. Memorial of the Senators and Representatives Elect from the State of California, asking the admission of said state into the Union, together with the credentials of said representatives, and a certified copy of the constitution of said state. March 18, 1850. Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed
- In the Senate of the United States. January 26, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Douglas made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 86.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the message of the President communicating a copy of the constitution of Minnesota, beg leave to report ..
- Approving the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which was adopted by the people of Puerto Rico on March 3, 1952. June 28, 1952. -- Ordered to be printed
- Minnesota election case. May 20, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed
- Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, relating to the condition of Texas, &c. June 24, 1836. Read, and ordered to be printed
- Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives of the United States, Eighty-third Congress, by Lewis Deschler, parliamentarian
- Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives of the United States, Seventy-ninth Congress, by Lewis Deschler, Parliamentarian
- Constitution for the State of Iowa. December 9, 1844. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed
- Message of the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 456) for the admission of the State of Nebraska into the Union, with his objections thereto. January 30, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
- Seat of government of Florida. Resolutions of the Legislature of Florida, relative to certain sections of land granted by the United States to Florida, for the purpose of fixing her seat of government. March 6, 1848. Referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed
- Kansas -- constitution adopted by the convention held at Leavenworth. A certified copy of the constitution adopted at Leavenworth, in the Territory of Kansas, and a schedule of the votes for the constitution and state officers. January 18, 1859. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories. February 2, 1859. -- Ordered to be printed
- Indians -- Cherokee. Memorial of a council held at Running Waters, in the Cherokee Nation, in Georgia, November 28, 1834, on behalf of those members of the Cherokee tribe of Indians who are desirous of removing west of the Mississippi. January 19, 1835. Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs
- Iowa. Constitution for the State of Iowa, adopted in convention, May 18, 1846. July 6, 1846. Referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed
- France. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence between the United States minister in Paris and the Secretary of State of the United States, in reference to events which have recently occurred in France. January 23, 1852. Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed
- Resolutions of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, in favor of a speedy admission of Kansas into the Union, as a state, under the constitution formed at Wyandott. February 29, 1860. -- Ordered to lie on the table, and be printed
- New technologies in constitution making, Jason Gluck and Brendan Ballou
- Documents illustrative of the formation of the union of the American States
- Participatory and inclusive constitution making, giving voice to the demands of citizens in the wake of the Arab Spring, Jason Gluck and Michele Brandt
- Utah Territory. Memorial of a convention of the people of the Territory of Utah, accompanied by a state constitution, asking admission into the Union. December 31, 1860. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed
- Rhode Island. Memorial of the Democratic members of Rhode Island Legislature, protecting against the course pursued by the President during the late difficulties, and requesting the House of Representatives to make certain specified inquiries in relation thereto. February 19, 1844. Read, and referred to a select committee
- Indigenous law portal, Law Library of Congress
- Constitution of the State of Missouri. November 14, 1820. Printed by order of the Senate of the United States
- Constitution of the State of Illinois. November 16, 1818. Read and ordered to lie upon the table. Printed by order of the House of Representatives
- Granting consent to an amendment to the constitution of the State of New Mexico. May 17, 1926. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- Constitution of the state of Missouri, November 16, 1820, read, and referred to a select committee
- Letter from the Governor of the State of Missouri, transmitting an act of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri for ascertaining and settling the northern boundary line of that state; together with a memorial of the legislature of said state on the same subject. January 5, 1841. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed
- Talking with the Taliban, should the Afghan constitution be a point of negotiation?, Sean Kane
- Kansas constitution. May 11, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed
- Message of the President of the United States, communicating a constitution for Kansas as a state, and presenting his views in relation to the affairs of that territory. February 2, 1858. -- Read. Motion by Mr. Bigler to print and refer to the Committee on Territories debated. Adjourned. February 3, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed, with constitution and paper
- Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 18th December, information in relation to a return of votes taken in Kansas at the election in October, 1856 ; the act of the territorial legislature providing for that election, and other information connected therewith. January, 1858. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed
- Memorial of the General Assembly of Missouri, praying that the southern boundary line of the proposed State of Iowa may be made to conform to the northern boundary line of the State of Missouri. February 19, 1845. Laid on the table, and ordered to be printed
- In the Senate of the United States. February 21, 1860. -- Ordered to be printed. In the Senate of the United States, February 14, 1860. The Vice President presented a paper certified by the President and Secretary of the Kansas constitutional convention, to be a true copy of the constitution of the State of Kansas, adopted at Wynadott, July 29, 1859 ..
- Negotiation for Cherokee lands. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting the report of the commissioners appointed to negotiate with the Cherokee Indians, for a certain portion of their country. January 30, 1828. Read, and laid upon the table
- Almon W. Babbitt, delegate from Deseret. April 4, 1850. Ordered that the report be committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, made the special order of the day for the 20th April, instant, and printed
- Official contribution of the United States government to the United Nations Yearbook of Human Rights, 1950. Article relative to basic provisions on human rights contained in the constitutions and laws of all nations, prepared for the United States by the Department of State. Presented by Mr. Humphrey. April 7 (legislative day, April 2), 1952. -- Ordered to be printed
- Kansas -- authorizes constitution and state government. (To accompany Bill S. 356.) January 31, 1857
- Approving the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico which was adopted by the people of Puerto Rico on March 3, 1952. April 30, 1952. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
- Three memorials of citizens of the United States, residents of Leavenworth County, Kansas Territory, praying the immediate admission of said territory into the Union as a state. March 24, 1856. -- Referred to the Committee on Territories and ordered to be printed
- Michigan -- Constitution, &c. -- state government. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a constitution and form of government by the inhabitants of the Territory of Michigan, with a view to the admission of the said territory into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states. December 10, 1835. Read, and referred to a select committee
- In the Senate of the United States. February 18, 1858. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Green made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 161.) The Committee on Territories, to whom was referred the message of the President, communicating a constitution for Kansas as a state, adopted by the convention which met at Lecompton, on Monday, the 4th of September, 1857, having had the same under consideration, instruct me to report ..