- Wednesday, 17 January 1866, at 12:00
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.
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Session 5142: 1866-01-17 12:00:00
The credentials of William A. Graham are presented
Membership (at session start):
Henry B. Anthony, B. Gratz Brown, Charles R. Buckalew, Zachariah Chandler, Daniel Clark, John Conness, Edgar Cowan, Aaron H. Cragin, John A. J. Creswell, Garrett Davis, James Dixon, James R. Doolittle, William P. Fessenden, Solomon Foot, Lafayette S. Foster, James W. Grimes, James Guthrie, Ira Harris, John B. Henderson, Thomas A. Hendricks, Jacob M. Howard, Timothy O. Howe, Reverdy Johnson, Henry S. Lane, James H. Lane, James A. McDougall, Edwin D. Morgan, Lot M. Morrill, James W. Nesmith, Daniel S. Norton, James W. Nye, Luke P. Poland, Samuel C. Pomeroy, Alexander Ramsey, George R. Riddle, Willard Saulsbury, John Sherman, William Sprague, William M. Stewart, John P. Stockton, Charles Sumner, Lyman Trumbull, Peter G. Van Winkle, Benjamin Wade, Waitman T. Willey, George H. Williams, Henry Wilson, William Wright, Richard Yates (49 total)
Representing 25 delegations:
California Delegation, Connecticut Delegation, Delaware Delegation, Illinois Delegation, Indiana Delegation, Iowa Delegation, Kansas Delegation, Kentucky Delegation, Maine Delegation, Maryland Delegation, Massachusetts Delegation, Michigan Delegation, Minnesota Delegation, Missouri Delegation, Nevada Delegation, New Hampshire Delegation, New Jersey Delegation, New York Delegation, Ohio Delegation, Oregon Delegation, Pennsylvania Delegation, Rhode Island Delegation, Vermont Delegation, West Virginia Delegation, Wisconsin Delegation
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