Schenck, Robert C., in convention of 1866, 100; on Joint High Commission, 307; at London, 312 Schofield, John M., assigned to first military district, 135, 226; nominated as secretary of war, 190; confirmed, 192; retained by Grant, 231; resigns, 232 Schriver, General, in Stanton-Thomas incident, 169, 170, 172, 173 Schurz, Carl, report on conditions at the South, 63; in convention of 1866, 100; joins liberal republicans, 264 Sclopis, Frederic, at Geneva arbitration, 311, 316, 317 Scott, R. K., views of Ku-Klux, etc., 259 Senate of the United States, refuses seats to members from Arkansas, 15; adopts thirteenth amendment, 26-28; the Stevens resolution, 43, 44, 57; passes Freedmen's Bureau bill, 66; passes civil rights bill, 70, 73; effect of election of 1866, 104; passes reconstruction bill, 118; tenure-of-office bill in, 122, 125; passes resolution on confiscation act, 122; bill on reconstructed States, 153; action on suspension of Stanton, 162, 163; action on dismissal of Stanton, 170; acts as court of impeachment, 176 _et seq._; vote on impeachment, 190, 191; confirms Schofield, 192; resolution on the amnesty proclamation, 215, 216; confirms Grant's nominees, 232; admits members from Georgia, 244; currency bill in, 277; ratifies treaty with Russia, 300; rejects Johnson-Clarendon treaty, 303; rejects Dominican treaty, 324, 325. _See_ Congress of the United States; Statutes of the United States Seward, William H., views on reconstruction, 12; sends thirteenth amendment to states, 29; retained by Johnson, 32; calculation as to thirteenth amendment, 52, 55, 56; announces adoption of thirteenth amendment, 55; action on fourteenth amendment, 80; accompanies Johnson to the west, 102; influence on Johnson, 124; proclaims ratification of fourteenth amendment, 202; procedure as to the proclamation, 203-205; negotiates purchase of Alaska, 300-301; negotiates treaty with China, 322; instructions to Babcock, 323 Seymour, Horatio, nominated for presidency, 210; defeated, 212 Shaffer, J. W., secures letter on Alta Vela claims, 177 Sharkey, William L., appointed governor of Mississippi, 37; institutes suit against Johnson, 145 Shellabarger, Samuel, theory of reconstruction, 59-61; counsel before electoral commission, 291; opinion of purchase of Alaska, 300 _Shenandoah_, the, case of, 316, 317 Shepley, George F., military governor of Louisiana, 14 Sheridan, Philip H., New Orleans riot, 94, 97; in fifth military district, 135; superseded by Hancock, 143 Sherman, John, offers bill on reconstruction, 117; father-in-law of Ewing, 173; reports currency bill, 277 Sickles, Daniel E., in second military district, 135; superseded by Canby, 143 Sinclair, John G., in convention of 1866, 99 Skinner, J. B. L., postmaster-general _ad interim_, 186, 188 Slavery, adoption of the thirteenth amendment, 26-30