FEBRUARY 16TH, 1815: The U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty of Ghent.
On February 16, 1815, President James Madison sent the Treaty of Ghent to the U.S. Senate which unananimously ratified it. With the ratification of it, the War of 1812 was officially over. The senators were very relieved the war was finally over.
The treaty, however, accomplished none of the United States' original objectives.
The Treaty of Ghent had been signed in Ghent, Belgium December 24, 1814 and was soon afterwards apprived by the British Parliament. It took six weeks for news of it to reach North America and Washington, D.C..
As part of the approval, the British had insisrted that the U.S. Senate either approve or disapprove it with no amendments.
The following day, Secretary of State delivered the signed document to the British minister in Washington, D.C..
End of the War. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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