United States Fifteenth Amendment

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Session 6505: 1869-01-11 12:00:00

Thomas Cornell from New York enters the House; H. Res. 399, H. Res. 402, and H. R. 1667 are proposed

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H. Res. 402

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Joint Resolution

Proposing an amendment 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 article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three fourths of said Legislatures, shall be held as part of said Constitution, namely:

Article —.

Sec. 1. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge or deny to any male citizen of the United States of sound mind and twenty-one years of age or upward the equal exercise of the elective franchise, subject to such registration laws as the State may establish, at all elections in State wherein he shall have actually resided for a period of one year next preceding such election, except such of said citizens as shall hereafter engage in rebellion or insurrection, or who may have been or shall be duly convicted of treason or other infamous crime.

Sec. 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce by proper legislation the provisions of this article.

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  • H. R. 1667 (introduced on 1869-01-11 12:00:00 - CREATE_FROM - e714460)

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