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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Illinois was the first state to ratify the 
3Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which 
4abolished slavery; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The proposed Constitutional Amendment received 
6final approval by Congress and was sent to the states for 
7ratification on January 31, 1865; and
 
8    WHEREAS, United States Senator Lyman Trumbull of Illinois, 
9a co-author of the proposed Constitutional Amendment, promptly 
10sent a telegram asking that "Illinois be the first to ratify" 
11to Governor Richard J. Oglesby, who  immediately sent a message 
12to the General Assembly calling for immediate ratification, 
13saying:  "It is just, it is humane, it is right to do so."; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, Ratification was effected by a joint resolution 
15offered in the Senate on the morning of February 1, 1865, where 
16it was adopted by a vote of 18-6; it then moved on to the House 
17of Representatives, where it was adopted before 4 o'clock that 
18same day by a vote of 48-28; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Following ratification of the Thirteenth 
20Amendment to the United States Constitution, the General 
21Assembly also repealed odious laws that discriminated against 
 
 
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1African-Americans; therefore, be it
  
 
2    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
3ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recognize the State 
4of Illinois for the being the first state to ratify the 
5Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 
6abolishing slavery; and be it further
  
 
7    RESOLVED, That we recognize the actions of the 
8Twenty-Fourth General Assembly in taking further steps to 
9repeal discriminatory laws.