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 5052: 1865-12-05 12:00:00

Papers on contested elections in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New York are presented; E.D Holbrook from Idaho and Francis Thomas from Maryland enter the House; H. R. 1 is introduced and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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H. R. 1

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A BILL

Extending the right of suffrage in the District of Columbia.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from all laws and parts of laws prescribing the qualifications of electors for any office in the District of Columbia the word "white" be, and the same is hereby, stricken out, and that from and after the passage of this act no person shall be disqualified from voting at any election held in the said District on account of color.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all acts of Congress and all laws of the State of Maryland in force in said District and all ordinances of the cities of Washington and Georgetown inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.

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H. R. 1 (introduced on 1865-12-05 12:00:00 - CREATE - e839176) [This document]

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H. R. 1 (introduced on 1865-12-05 12:00:00 - CREATE - e839176) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]
- None (introduced on 1865-12-05 12:00:00 - REPORT_PROPOSAL - e839180) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Report H. R. 1 (introduced on 1865-12-18 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e839488) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1865-12-18 12:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e839489) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Suspend the Rules to Report H. R. 1 (introduced on 1865-12-18 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e839490) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1865-12-18 12:00:00 - DEBATE_MOTION - e839491) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1865-12-18 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e839492) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Resume Consideration of H. R. 1 (introduced on 1866-01-11 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e839682) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1866-01-11 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e839683) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Resume Consideration of H. R. 1 (introduced on 1866-01-12 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e839710) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1866-01-12 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e839711) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Resume Consideration of H. R. 1 (introduced on 1866-01-16 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e839930) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1866-01-16 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e839931) [view current proposal at this moment]

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