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What did Schuyler Colfax cast his vote in favor of in January 1865?

  • Free trade agreement

  • Abolishing slavery

  • Implementing income tax

  • War against Britain

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In January 1865, Schuyler Colfax cast his vote in favor of abolishing slavery. This was a major step in the process of ending slavery in the United States, and it helped to pave the way for the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution in December of that year.
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