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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Session 8639: 1866-12-18 12:00:00

Charles H. Winfield enters the House

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Resolutions on the Death of Senator William Wright

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.Resolved, That the House of Representatives has received with deep sensibility the intelligence of the death of Hon. William Wright, late a Senator in Congress from the State of New Jersey.

Resolved, That as a mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, the members and officers of this House will go into mourning by wearing crape on the left arm for thirty days.

Resolved, That as a further mark of respect for the deceased the House do now adjourn.

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