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12th Provisional


February 8, 1870 - February 24, 1870


Leadership

Governor: Edmund J. Davis -  Vetoes

Lieutenant Governor: James Flanagan

Speaker of the House: Ira Hobart Evans  William Henry Sinclair 

Special Session Topics

  Messages

  • Action on the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. [Tue Jan 11, 1870]
  • Assembling in compliance with the fifth section of Act of Congress approved April 10, 1869. [Thu Feb 10, 1870]
  • The proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution. [Thu Feb 10, 1870]

Journals

The House Journal and Senate Journal for the 12th Provisional are available from the Legislative Reference Library.