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  1. Overview: United States Fifteenth Amendment
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  3. Committee:The Senate
  4. Session: 1869-02-02 12:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

United States Fifteenth Amendment

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The Senate of the Fortieth Session of Congress

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Session 6588: 1869-02-02 12:00:00

The credentials of Matthew H. Carpenter from Wisconsin were presented; S. Res. 125, amending the Constitution, is proposed

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S. Res. 215

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Joint Resolution

Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States as amendments to the Constitution of the United States, either of which, when ratified by three-fourths of said legislatures, shall be held as a part of said Constitution, namely:

ARTICLE XV.

SEC. 1. All male citizens of the United States, residents of the several States now or hereafter comprehended in the Union, of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, of sound mind, shall be entitled to an equal vote in all elections in the State wherein they shall reside, the period of such residence, as a qualification for voting, to be decided by each State, except such citizens as have engaged in rebellion or insurrection, or shall be duly convicted of treason or other infamous crime.

SEC. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.

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  • S. Res. 215 (introduced on 1869-02-02 12:00:00 - CREATE - e709508) [This document]

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