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This Day, 1790: The Supreme Court - the third separate but co-equal branch of the federal government - held its first session. Chief Justice: John Jay. SCOTUS was established by Article Three of the Constitution, which took effect in March 1789
This Day, 1861: Pres.-Elect Lincoln’s problems grew as Texas left the Union. It was the seventh state to do so - and over the objections of Gov. Sam Houston. Houston, who refused to pledge allegiance to the Confederacy, was replaced. The Civil War would begin ten weeks later
This Day, 1865: President Lincoln signed a congressional resolution proposing that a 13th Amendment—abolishing slavery—be added to the Constitution. Enough states ratified it, and it was added in December - eight months after the President's assassination 
