The question
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Senate roll call 465 · 35th Congress · Jan 14, 1859
Recorded vote
TO PASS A RESOLUTION, TO PAY FUNERAL EXPENSES OF JAMES F. MORTON AND AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO ONE QUARTER OF THE DECEASED'S SALARY. (P.371, COL.2)
Passage
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The official record
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