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.

William Sprague

Quill platform ID: p4394.

(3 November, 1799-- 19 October, 1856) Sprague was an American politician. Born in Cranston, R.I., Sprague was a the speaker of the State house of representatives from 1832 to 1835. Sprague was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-fourth Congress and was elected as governor of Rhode Island from 1838 to 1839. Afterwards, Sprague was elected as a Whig to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Nathan F. Dixon. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]

Member of Rhode Island Delegation—United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Rhode Island Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875, Rhode Island Delegation—United States Thirteenth Amendment 1863-65, Rhode Island Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment.

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