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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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Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 1865-1867

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Journal of the House of Representatives for the First and Second Sessions of the Thirty-Ninth Congress

Volume 63 (39th Congress, 1st Session)
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Volume 64 (39th Congress, 2nd Session)
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United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole , Date: 06 Jun 1866, 00:00
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California was recognized by the Chair. Mr. HENDRICKS. I yielded the floor to the Senator from Ohio. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair was not aware of that.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 13 Jun 1866, 12:00
Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate with the concurrence of the House in the said amendments.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 29 Mar 1866, 12:00
The hour of 1 o'clock p. m. having arrived, The House repaired to the Senate chamber for the purpose of attending the funeral of the honorable Solomon Foot. After which, The House having returned to the hall, The Speaker declared the House adjourned.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Feb 1866, 12:00
Motion to Give Notice of [H. Res. 94]

People: Shelby M. Cullom
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Feb 1866, 12:00
Notices were given, under the rule, of motions for leave to introduce a bill and joint resolution of the following titles, viz: [...] By Mr. Cullom: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, providing that no...
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 19 Mar 1866, 12:00
Motion to Consider and Refer Mr. Ashley's Resolutions to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 19 Mar 1866, 12:00
The concurrent resolutions heretofore submitted by Mr. James M. Ashley, in regard to the protection of emancipated slaves and freedmen, were then taken up and referred to the Committee on Reconstruction.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 29 Mar 1866, 12:00
Message from the Senate: Death of Solomon Foot
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 29 Mar 1866, 12:00
Resolutions on the Death of Solomon Foot and Adjournment
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 29 Mar 1866, 12:00
Mr. Morrill submitted the following resolutions; which were read, considered, and unanimously agreed to[.]
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 12 Jun 1866, 12:00
Motion to Print the Senate Amendments to H. Res. 127

People: George S. Boutwell
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 12 Jun 1866, 12:00
On motion of Mr. Boutwell, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That the amendments of the Senate to the joint resolution of the House (H. Res. 127) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States be printed. [Editors' note: This motion...
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 04 Dec 1866, 12:00
Motion for Tellers on the Yeas and Nays

People: Charles A. Eldredge
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 06 Dec 1866, 12:00
Several other members appeared, viz: From the State of New York, James M. Humphrey; (House Journal, Pg. 35)

People: James M. Humphrey
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 06 Dec 1866, 12:00
Several other members appeared, viz: From the State of Illinois, Lewis W. Ross and Anthony Thornton. (House Journal, Pg. 35)

People: Lewis W. Ross
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 06 Dec 1866, 12:00
Several other members appeared, viz: From the State of Illinois, Lewis W. Ross and Anthony Thornton. (House Journal, Pg. 35)

People: Anthony Thornton
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 10 Dec 1866, 12:00
Several other members appeared, viz: From the State of Ohio, Columbus Delano. (Pg. 43)

People: Columbus Delano
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Dec 1866, 12:00
Motion to Adjourn

People: James F. Wilson
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 12 Dec 1866, 12:00
Prayer

People: Rev. C. B. Boynton
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 18 Dec 1866, 12:00
Another member appeared, viz: From the State of New York, Charles H. Winfield. (House Journal, Pg. 93)

People: Charles H. Winfield
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 08 Jan 1867, 12:00
Another member appeared, viz: From the State of New York, William Radford.

People: William Radford
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 01 Mar 1867, 11:00
Another member appeared, viz: From the State of New York, Morgan Jones. (House Journal, Pg. 541)

People: Morgan Jones
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 21 Jan 1867, 12:00
Another member appeared, viz: From the State of Indiana--Ebenezer Dumont.

People: Ebenezer Dumont
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 13 Mar 1866, 12:00
H. Res. 43: Third House Judiciary Committee Amendment
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 Mar 1866, 12:00
Pending which,
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 Mar 1867, 11:00
The SPEAKER. The Chair declines to entertain the motion for the reason that this is a motion to suspend the rules under which he can make that motion.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 13 Mar 1866, 12:00
[...] which motion was passed over for the present.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Dec 1865, 12:00
[Editors' note: No objection was made to the appointment of Committees by the Speaker.]
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Mar 1866, 12:00
S. 61
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Mar 1866, 12:00
When The Speaker signed the same.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The Senate, Date: 16 Mar 1866, 12:00
S. 61
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 Apr 1866, 12:00
President Johnson's S. 61 Veto Message
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 09 Apr 1866, 12:00
S. 61
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 03 Dec 1866, 00:00
IDAHO. E. D. Holbrook. (Vol. 37, Part 1, Pg. 4)

People: Edward D. Holbrook
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: Senate Committee of the Whole , Date: 16 Jan 1866, 12:00
[Editors' note: No vote is taken on this proposition, but it appears to have been dropped since the bill is considered open to amendment. It may not have been taken seriously.]
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 14 Dec 1866, 12:00
S. 1
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 14 Dec 1866, 12:00
Message to the Senate on the Passage of S. 1
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 14 Dec 1866, 12:00
Ordered, That the Clerk acquaint the Senate with the passage of the said bill.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The Senate, Date: 17 Dec 1866, 12:00
Message on the Enrollment of S. 1
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Jan 1867, 12:00
Motion to Refer S. 1 and the Veto Message to the House of Representatives
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Jan 1867, 12:00
Ordered, That the Secretary communicate the bill "to regulate the elective franchise in the District of Columbia," with the message of the President of the United States returning the same to the Senate with his objections, and the proceedings of the...
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Jan 1867, 12:00
S. 1: Senate Resolution to Pass S. 1
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Jan 1867, 12:00
Resolved, That the bill do pass—two-thirds of the senators present voting in the affirmative.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The Senate, Date: 07 Jan 1867, 12:00
Message to the House
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union of the House of Representatives, Date: 27 Jan 1866, 12:00
RECONSTRUCTION. Mr. BAKER. Mr. Chairman, I rise to the question of reconstruction. In the very opening of my remarks I will say that on the present occasion I must firmly decline to yield the floor to any interruption whatever; and this not from the...

People: James R. Hubbell Jehu Baker Daniel W. Voorhees
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union of the House of Representatives, Date: 27 Jan 1866, 12:00
Motion that Mr. Broomall Be Allowed to Finish His Remarks

People: James F. Wilson
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union of the House of Representatives, Date: 05 May 1866, 12:00
Loyal Men Must Rule— “Traitors Must Take Back Seats.” SPEECH OF HON. H. S. BUNDY, OF OHIO, In the House of Representatives, May 5, 1866, On the President’s annual message, as in Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union— Mr. BUNDY. Mr....

People: Hezekiah S. Bundy
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 13 Feb 1867, 12:00
Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said bill.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Jan 1867, 12:00
Motion for Unanimous Consent to Print Mr. Ashley's Substitute as Modified

People: James M. Ashley
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 16 Jan 1867, 12:00
On motion of Mr. James M. Ashley, by unanimous consent, Ordered, That his modified amendment to the amendment of Mr. Stevens to the bill of the House No. 543 be printed. [Editors' note: There is no mention of this motion in the Congressional Globe.]
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 20 Feb 1867, 12:00
Motion to Report H. R. 1143 as Amended to the Senate
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 20 Feb 1867, 12:00
Ordered, That the Clerk request the concurrence of the Senate in the said amendment.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 Mar 1867, 11:00
Motion to Send H. R. 1143 and the President's Veto to the Senate
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 Mar 1867, 11:00
Ordered, That the Clerk take the said bill, together with the objections of the President thereto, to the Senate for their reconsideration.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union of the House of Representatives, Date: 05 Jan 1866, 12:00
[Mr. SPALDING.] Let these guarantees be given to loyalty, and I will try to forgive—I can never forget—the injuries received by my country from traitors.

People: Rufus P. Spalding
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 13 Jun 1866, 12:00
Message to the Senate on Concurrence in H. Res. 127 Amendments

People: Edward McPherson
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 29 Mar 1866, 12:00
Motion to Adjourn

People: Schuyler Colfax
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 24 Jan 1866, 12:00
Mr. ELIOT. Mr. Speaker, when the resolution was offered by the committee, and the amendment was proposed which has been the subject of discussion for two or three days, I was very much inclined to lend it my favor because of one consideration, that by...

People: Thomas D. Eliot
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The Senate, Date: 12 Mar 1866, 12:00
Mr. SUMNER. With the indulgence of the Senate, I will merely call attention to the fact that that proposition is not open, I think, as will appear on its face, to any evasions; in the second place, it contains no words which can imply any recognition...

People: Charles Sumner
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Feb 1867, 12:00
H. R. 1143: Mr. Bingham's Fourth Amendment: Mr. Boutwell's Amendment

People: George S. Boutwell
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Feb 1867, 12:00
Motion for Unanimous Consent to Print the Amendment

People: George S. Boutwell
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 11 Feb 1867, 12:00
By unanimous consent certain amendments proposed to be submitted by Mr. Bingham, Mr. Boutwell, and Mr. Blaine to the bill of the House No. 1143 were ordered to be printed.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The Senate, Date: 13 Feb 1867, 12:00
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill will lie over.
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The Senate, Date: 08 Jan 1866, 12:00
Appointment of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction (House)
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 Mar 1867, 11:00
Motion for a Recess

People: Francis C. Le Blond
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 Mar 1867, 11:00
H. R. 1143: House Resolution
United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Committee: The House of Representatives, Date: 02 Mar 1867, 11:00
So the bill, on reconsideration, was passed.