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Senate Ratification

When: February 16, 1869
Where: Unstated location of ratification
Part of: Event of 1868: General William Tecumseh Sherman brokers the Treaty of Fort Laramie, between the

The US Senate ratified the treaty on February 16, 1869, though one source records conflicting dates of February 16 and 24, 1868.

The peace commission dissolved in October 1868 after presenting its report to Congress. The US Senate ratified the treaty on February 16, 1869. A separate source, however, records the treaty as ratified February 16, 1868 and proclaimed February 24, 1868, a conflict the sources do not resolve. No supplied passage states where ratification occurred.

Sources

Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20

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