Extra Session of the Senate Called
Title
Extra Session of the Senate Called
Creator
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
Identifier
WWP20612
Date
1917 February 23
Description
Woodrow Wilson calls members of the Senate to attend a session at 12 o’clock noon on March 5, 1917.
Publisher
Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
Subject
Press Releases
United States. Congress. Senate
Language
English
Text
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS public interests require that the Senate of the United States be convened at twelve o'clock on the fifth day of March next, at twelve o'clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice.
Given under my hand and the seal of the United States at Washington the twenty-third of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nineteen hundred and seventeen, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and forty-first.
By the President:
Robert Lansing,
Secretary of State.
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Files
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Citation
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924, “Extra Session of the Senate Called,” 1917 February 23, WWP20612, Woodrow Wilson Press Statements, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.