United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866

Tobias A. Plants

"(March 17, 1811 -- June 19, 1887) Tobias Avery Plants was a saddler, teacher, lawyer, publisher of a telegraph, judge, president of a bank, and American politician. Plants was born in Sewickley, Beaver County, Pennsylvania and moved to Steubenville, Ohio. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1846. He was the owner and publisher of the Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph in the 1860's, was judge of the court of common pleas in Meigs County 1873-1875), and was president of the First City Bank of Pomeroy (1878 to his death, 1887). He was a member of the state house of representatives (1858 - 1861). Plants was elected as a republican to the 39th and 40th Congresses (March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1869), was not reelected. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=P000376]"

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