Before the Civil war when the Southern States walked out of Congress, the Congress was adjourned Sine Die. Means without day or without a day to reconvene. They couldn't elect a President of the Republic so they elected Lincoln to be President of the Corporation.
Before the Civil war when the Southern States walked out of Congress, the Congress was adjourned Sine Die. Means without day or without a day to reconvene. They couldn't elect a President of the Republic so they elected Lincoln to be President of the Corporation.
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