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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
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  3. Committee:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1866-02-19 12:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE

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.

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The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress

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Session 5575: 1866-02-19 12:00:00

Mr. McKee introduces H. Res. 70; The Committee on Elections reports on the Indiana Washburn V. Voorhees contested election; The Pennsylvania Coffroth V. Koontz contested election is resolved in Mr. Coffroth's favor

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H. Res. 72

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JOINT RESOLUTION

Declaring the right of amending the Federal Constitution.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, in Congress assembled, that the States of this Union which during the late rebellion did not renounce their allegiance to the Federal Government, but stood together maintaining the same in the face of the enemy, through a war waged against the Union for the subversion of the federal constitution, are the only States [now] clothed with legal power to consider and determine amendments to that constitution; and that States which did by their legislatures call conventions for the purpose of expressly denying allegiance to the federal constitution and government, and did by such conventions ordain denial of such allegiance; and did, by their conventions, legislatures, judiciarys, executives and people turn over their several state governments and powers, civil and military to another and distinct nationality sought to be created, for the purpose among others of waging war against this government; and did severally abrogate all state government as States of this Union; and did abdicate all state government as in and of this Union; and did by their organizations and people wage war against this Government and people, until overthrown by force; and who are not now by their military power in the field against our armies, because force and means fail them to make further war; and whose people claim their lives as public enemies conquered in battle; are [now] incompetent at law, and have no right in conscience to vote on any amendment of the federal constitution or otherwise act so as to affect the rights of each other or of the loyal States; [until restored to full power in the Union by Congress;] but that when any amendment to the federal constitution by Congress proposed shall be ratified by three fourths of the legislatures of the loyal States, [and the States restored,] the same shall thereafter be taken and held as part of the constitution of the Union for all purposes.

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