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CHAPTER XLVII.
The Maryland Legislature assembled at Annapolis on January 6th, 1864,
and was regularly organized on the next day. It then proceeded to elect
ex-Governor Hicks, United States Senator.1
At an early point in the session of the Assembly, the subject of negro
emancipation was discussed, and one of its first acts was the introduction of
a bill for calling a State Convention with a view to the abolition Of slavery.
This bill passed both Houses on the 28th of January, and became a law on
February 3. The vote in the Senate was, ayes 13, nays 2; and in the House,
ayes 45, nays 17.
By this Act, the people of Maryland were called upon to vote on the first
Wednesday of April, "for" or "against" holding a State Convention to
frame a new Constitution and frame of government. On the same day they
were to elect delegates to said convention. The convention, if it was decided
to hold one, was to meet in Annapolis on the last Wednesday of April, 1864.
The members were to have the same qualifications as members of the House
of Delegates, and receive as compensation, five dollars per day. The members, besides the usual oath, were required to swear that they would " support
the Constitution of the United States, and be faithful and bear true allegiance
1 Hon. Thomas Holliday Hicks, the eldest son in 1855, he was appointed by the Orphans' Court
of Henry S. and Mary (Sewell) Hicks, was born to fill the vacancy. He filled that office, in all,
in Dorchester County, September 2, 1798. He about seventeen years, holding it until 1857,
attended the subscription schools of his neigh- when he was elected governor by the know-
borhood till he was about twenty years of age, nothing party. At the close of his gubernato-
•and, soon after attaining his majority, he was rial term, he was offered by President Lincoln
made a constable, which position he held till an appointment as brigadier-general of volun-
1824, when he was elected sheriff of the county. teers, but declined, and, in 1863, was appointed
After filling this office for three years, he settled United States Senator by Governor Bradford to
upon a farm on the Choptank River, and, while fill the unexpired term of Hon. James Alfred
residing there, was a member of the Legisla- Pearce, who died in December, 1862. That ap-
ture. In 1833, he entered into mercantile busi- pointment was ratified by the Legislature, in
ness, and, in 1836, was elected, on the whig 1864, by an election for the term ending in
ticket, one of the State electors for senators; 1867. He was now thoroughly identified with
in 1837, was a member of the Governor's Coun- the republican party, and, although a slave-
-cu\ and, in 1838, Governor Veazey appointed owner, he voted for the Constitution of 1864
him register of wills for Dorchester County. and for the abolition of slavery. In the autumn
He was reappointed by successive governors, of 1863, he sprained his ankle, and, erysipelas
until the adoption of the Constitution of 1851 setting in, the amputation of his leg became
made the office elective. To that Constitutional necessary to save his life. He died February 13,
Convention, he was elected; and, the register of 1865, in Washington City, from the effects of a
wills elected under the new constitution dying stroke of apoplexy.
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000610 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | CHAPTER XLVII. The Maryland Legislature assembled at Annapolis on January 6th, 1864, and was regularly organized on the next day. It then proceeded to elect ex-Governor Hicks, United States Senator.1 At an early point in the session of the Assembly, the subject of negro emancipation was discussed, and one of its first acts was the introduction of a bill for calling a State Convention with a view to the abolition Of slavery. This bill passed both Houses on the 28th of January, and became a law on February 3. The vote in the Senate was, ayes 13, nays 2; and in the House, ayes 45, nays 17. By this Act, the people of Maryland were called upon to vote on the first Wednesday of April, "for" or "against" holding a State Convention to frame a new Constitution and frame of government. On the same day they were to elect delegates to said convention. The convention, if it was decided to hold one, was to meet in Annapolis on the last Wednesday of April, 1864. The members were to have the same qualifications as members of the House of Delegates, and receive as compensation, five dollars per day. The members, besides the usual oath, were required to swear that they would " support the Constitution of the United States, and be faithful and bear true allegiance 1 Hon. Thomas Holliday Hicks, the eldest son in 1855, he was appointed by the Orphans' Court of Henry S. and Mary (Sewell) Hicks, was born to fill the vacancy. He filled that office, in all, in Dorchester County, September 2, 1798. He about seventeen years, holding it until 1857, attended the subscription schools of his neigh- when he was elected governor by the know- borhood till he was about twenty years of age, nothing party. At the close of his gubernato- •and, soon after attaining his majority, he was rial term, he was offered by President Lincoln made a constable, which position he held till an appointment as brigadier-general of volun- 1824, when he was elected sheriff of the county. teers, but declined, and, in 1863, was appointed After filling this office for three years, he settled United States Senator by Governor Bradford to upon a farm on the Choptank River, and, while fill the unexpired term of Hon. James Alfred residing there, was a member of the Legisla- Pearce, who died in December, 1862. That ap- ture. In 1833, he entered into mercantile busi- pointment was ratified by the Legislature, in ness, and, in 1836, was elected, on the whig 1864, by an election for the term ending in ticket, one of the State electors for senators; 1867. He was now thoroughly identified with in 1837, was a member of the Governor's Coun- the republican party, and, although a slave- -cu\ and, in 1838, Governor Veazey appointed owner, he voted for the Constitution of 1864 him register of wills for Dorchester County. and for the abolition of slavery. In the autumn He was reappointed by successive governors, of 1863, he sprained his ankle, and, erysipelas until the adoption of the Constitution of 1851 setting in, the amputation of his leg became made the office elective. To that Constitutional necessary to save his life. He died February 13, Convention, he was elected; and, the register of 1865, in Washington City, from the effects of a wills elected under the new constitution dying stroke of apoplexy. |
