About Treaties | Historical Highlights

• Treatymaking Power and George Washington's Visit to the Senate

• Uproar Over Senate Approval of Jay Treaty Jun 24, 1795

• Senate Approves for Ratification the Louisiana Purchase Treaty Oct 20, 1803

• Senate Approves for Ratification the Treaty of Ghent Feb 16, 1815

• Charles Sumner and the Purchase of Alaska Apr 8, 1867

• Canadian Fisheries Treaty Mar 6, 1888

• Woodrow Wilson Submits the Treaty of Versailles Jul 10, 1919

• Senate Rejects Treaty of Versailles Nov 19, 1919

• William Proxmire and the Genocide Treaty Jan 11, 1967

• Senate Leaders and the Panama Canal Treaties Apr 18, 1978

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