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Government Sources by Subject: Journals of the House and Senate
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- U.S. Congressional Serial Set This link opens in a new window
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Collection of US Congressional documents, 1817 - 1980.
Search within the "Congressional Journals" publication category to limit results to the House and Senate Journals.
The publication of the Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States of America and the Journal of the Senate of the United States of America is mandated by the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 5. The journals are the minutes of the meetings on the floor of the House or Senate and they document the floor activities. Floor activities include every motion made and the result of every vote.
U.S. House of Representatives
- Journal of the House of Representatives - GPO1992-2010. PDF copies of each day's minutes are available for download.
- House Journal - American Memory1789-1875. View scans of the original publications or read the transcribed text.
- Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States - Print1803-1806. Held in Special Collections under the call number 328.73 JH
1953-2010. Held in the GovPub U.S. stacks under the call number XJH:congress-session
U.S. Senate
- Senate Journal - American Memory1789-1875. View scans of the original publications or read the transcribed text.
- Journal of the Senate of the United States of America1798-1815 (incomplete). Held in Special Collections under the call number 328.73 JS.
1953-2010. Held in the Govpub U.S. stacks under the call number XJS:congress-session
1848 House Journal
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