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.

Calvin T. Hulburd

Quill platform ID: p8285.

"(June 5, 1809 -- October 25, 1897) Calvin Tilden Hulburd was a lawyer, public servant, superintendent of construction, and an American politician. Hulburd was born in Stockholm, St. Lawrence County, New York. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1833. He was a member of the New York assembly (1842 - 1844 and 1862) and was a superintendent of construction of the New York post office. He was elected as a Republican to the 38th, 39th, and 40th Congresses (March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1869), where he served as Chairman on the Committee on Public Expenditures (38th - 40th Congresses). He was not reelected in the 41st Congress. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H000936]"

Member of New York Delegation—United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, New York Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment.

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