The Joint Session of Congress began at 12:30 p.m. on December 8. President Roosevelt delivered his famous "Day of Infamy" speech. Then the War Declaration quickly passed in the Senate by an 82-0 vote and then the same happened in the House of Representatives by a 388-1 vote.
Jeannette Rankin, a noted pacifist, was the only nay vote. Hers is a really interesting story in itself.
President Roosevelt signed the declaration of war at 4:10 p.m. the same day.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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