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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  2. Full Record: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  3. Committee:The Senate
  4. Session: 1866-04-30 12:00:00
  5. Event type: CREATE_FROM

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 Senate of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress

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Session 5539: 1866-04-30 12:00:00

The Joint Committee of Fifteen reports S. Res. 78, S. 292, and S. 293 to the Senate

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S. 293

There are 3 proposed amendments related to this document on which decisions have not been taken.

A BILL

Declaring certain persons ineligible to office under the government of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no person shall be eligible to any office under the government of the United States who is included in any of the following classes, namely:

First. The President and Vice President of the Confederate States of America, so called, and the heads of departments thereof.

Second. Those who in other countries acted as agents of the Confederate States of America, so called.

Third. Heads of departments of the United States, officers of the army and navy of the United States, and all persons educated at the military or naval academy of the United States, judges of the courts of the United States, and members of either house of the thirty-sixth Congress of the United States, who gave aid or comfort to the late rebellion.

Fourth. Those who acted as officers of the Confederate States of America, so called, above the grade of colonel in the army or master in the navy; and any one who, as governor of either of the so-called Confederate States, gave aid or comfort to the late rebellion.

Fifth. Those who have treated officers or soldiers or sailors of the army or navy of the United States, captured during the late war, otherwise than lawfully as prisoners of war.

Decisions yet to be taken

  • S. 293 (introduced on 1866-04-30 12:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e899555) [This document]
    • Motion to Substitute S. 292 and S. 293 (introduced on 1866-05-14 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e899643)
  • S. Res. 78 (introduced on 1866-04-30 12:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e896842)
  • S. 292 (introduced on 1866-04-30 12:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e899546)

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