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.

Ignatius L. Donnelly

Quill platform ID: p4482.

(3 November, 1831 -- 1 January, 1901) Donnelly was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., Donnelly studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1852. Donnelly moved to Minnesota in 1857 and served as the lieutenant governor of Minnesota (1859-1863). Donnelly was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, and Fortieth Congresses. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]

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

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