United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866

An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal rights, both civil and legal, to Black Americans, including those who had been emancipated by the thirteenth amendment.

Senate Committee of the Whole

To see the full record of a committee, click on the corresponding committee on the map below.

Committee Document Library View

The list of documents under consideration by committee: Senate Committee of the Whole at the end of its timeline.

Creator event:

United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Date: 13 Dec 1865, 12:00

S. 9


Creator event:

United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Date: 08 Jun 1866, 00:00

Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction on on H. Res. 127 [S. Res. 78], H. R. 543 [S. 292], and H. R. 544 [S. 293]

Creator event:

United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Date: 10 Jan 1866, 00:00

S. 1


Creator event:

United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Date: 12 Jan 1866, 00:00

S. 61


Creator event:

United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Date: 15 Jan 1866, 12:00

S. 1


Creator event:

United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Date: 05 Feb 1866, 00:00

H. Res. 51


Creator event:

United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Date: 23 May 1866, 00:00

H. Res. 127


Creator event:

United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Date: 15 Feb 1867, 12:00

H. R. 1143