House of Representatives,
election of Lincoln to, and career in, see vol. i.;
members of;
debates Mexican war;
struggles in, over Wilmot proviso;
refuses to pass Lincoln's emancipation bill of 1849;
settles question of admission of Kansas;
proposes Constitutional amendment in 1861;
rejects plan of Peace Congress;
leaders of, in 1861;
thanks Captain Wilkes;
approves emancipation proclamation, see vol. ii.;
fails to pass thirteenth amendment;
later passes amendment.
Houston, Samuel,
opposes secession in Texas, see vol. i.
Hunter, General David,
asked by Lincoln to aid Fremont, see vol. i.;
succeeds Fremont;
proclaims martial law and abolishes slavery in Georgia, Florida, and
South Carolina, see vol. ii.;
his order revoked;
organizes a negro regiment.
Hunter, R.M.T.,
on Confederate peace commission, see vol. ii.;
retort of Lincoln to.
Hyer, Tom,
hired by Seward's supporters in Republican Convention, see vol. i.
Illinois,
early settlers and society of, see vol. i.;
in Black Hawk war;
early politics in,;
land speculation in;
career of Lincoln in legislature of;
the career of "Long Nine" in;
internal improvement craze in;
adopts resolutions condemning Abolitionists and emancipation in the
District;
suffers from financial collapse;
carried by Van Buren against Harrison;
legal profession in;
carried by Democrats in 1844;
upholds Mexican war;
denounces Kansas-Nebraska Act;
senatorial election of 1855 in;
popular feeling in, concerning Kansas;
in campaign of 1856;
political situation in, during 1858;
prestige of Douglas in;
senatorial campaign in;
carried by Douglas;
movement in, to nominate Lincoln for President;
carried by Democrats in 1862, see vol.
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