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.
The Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives for the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress.
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The Committee of Elections and a minority of the Committee report on the Contested Election of Dodge vs. Brooks
Resolved, That the Hon. James Brooks is not entitled to a seat in this house as a representative in the thirty-ninth Congress from the eighth district in New York.
Resolved, That William E. Dodge is entitled to a seat in this house as a representative in the thirty-ninth Congress from the eighth district in New York.