. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. , until 1861, was county 1866 he was elected a Kepresentative from the Twenty-secondDistrict of New York to the Fortieth Congress, and was the Forty-first Congress. During the Fortieth Congress he was a member of the JudiciaryCommittee, and with Mr. Boutwell and Mr. Eldridge formed thesub-committee that drafted the Fifteenth Amendment to the Consti-tution in the form in which it was finally adopted, to wit: Theright of citizens of the TInited States to vote shall not he denied orabridged hj the Un

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. The Fortieth Congress of the United States: historical and biographical. , until 1861, was county 1866 he was elected a Kepresentative from the Twenty-secondDistrict of New York to the Fortieth Congress, and was the Forty-first Congress. During the Fortieth Congress he was a member of the JudiciaryCommittee, and with Mr. Boutwell and Mr. Eldridge formed thesub-committee that drafted the Fifteenth Amendment to the Consti-tution in the form in which it was finally adopted, to wit: Theright of citizens of the TInited States to vote shall not he denied orabridged hj the United States or hj any State on account of race,color, or previous condition of servitude^ Mr. Churchill joinedwith a majority of the Judiciary Committee in a report recommend-ing the impeachment of President Johnson. He presented a report,revising and improving the judiciary systems of the territories ofMontana and Idaho. In an able speech before the House, he sup-ported a bill for constructing a ship canal around the Falls ofNiagara. 200. ^-^•£i T^^ilf

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