Committee on the Pacific Railroad
- Committee on the Pacific Railroad
The Senate Committee on the Pacific Railroad is a defunct committee of the United States Senate. It was first established as a select committee on July 7, 1861, to examine legislation to authorize construction of a transcontinental railroad.
This legislation formed the basis of the Pacific Railway Acts enacted in 1862, which granted a charter to the Union Pacific Railroad Company to construct the first transcontinental railroad in the United States and to provide federal support in the form of land grants and bond subsidies. The committee was made a standing committee on December 22, 1863[Congressional Globe. 38th Congress. 1st Session. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llcg&fileName=064/llcg064.db&recNum=147 76 (1864)] ] during the 38th United States Congress to oversee matters related to construction of the railroad. After construction was completed in 1969, the committee deccreased in relevance and in 1873 when it was replaced by the Committee on Railroads. [ [http://www.archives.gov/legislative/guide/senate/chapter-07-pacific-railroad-1863-1873.html Center for Legislative Archives - Guide to Senate Records: Chapter 7 Pacific Railroad] , "National Archives and Records Administration"] ]
=Original Members, 38th Congress=
The standing committee consisted of nine members, each of whom were appointed to the committee on January 6, 1864.
Chairmen 1863-1873
*Jacob Howard, R-Michigan, 1863-1871
*William Stewart, R-Nevada, 1871-1873
References and Sources
* [http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/CommitteeChairs.pdf Charimen of Senate Standing Committees 1789 – present] , United States Senate Historical Office, November 2006
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