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.
Members (3):
Name | Visualize | Details | Delegations |
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John W. Forney | Visualize | Secretary of the Senate during the 39th and 40th Congresses | Officers of the Senate (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Officers of the Senate (This negotiation) |
Edgar H. Gray | Visualize | The Chaplain to the Senate for the Thirty-Ninth Congress | Officers of the Senate (This negotiation) |
William J. McDonald | Visualize | Chief Clerk of the Senate | Officers of the Senate (United States Fifteenth Amendment) , Officers of the Senate (This negotiation) |