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The Civil Rights Act of 1875

Cite as: Erica Croft, Kiana McAllister, Annabel Harris, Lauren Davis, Elizabeth Green, Louise Navarro-Cann, Mary Nelson-Hill, Mizuki Hassell, Grace Penn, Paul Calica, Matt Rands, and Nicholas P. S. Cole, The Civil Rights Act of 1875, Quill Project at Pembroke College (Oxford, 2024).

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Congressional Record (Bound) - Volume 01, Part 1 (March 4, 1873 to March 26, 1873) Congressional Record (Bound) - Volume 02 (December 1, 1873 to June 23, 1874) Congressional Record (Bound) - Volume 03 (December 7, 1874 to March 3, 1875) Editorial Decisions House Committee on the Judiciary Minutes, 43rd Congress Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, First Session of the Forty-Second Congress Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, First Session of the Forty-Third Congress Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Second Session of the Forty-Second Congress Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Second Session of the Forty-Third Congress
Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, Third Session of the Forty-Second Congress Journal of the Senate of the United States, First Session of the Forty-First Congress Journal of the Senate of the United States, First Session of the Forty-Second Congress Journal of the Senate of the United States, First Session of the Forty-Third Congress Journal of the Senate of the United States, Second Session of the Forty-First Congress Journal of the Senate of the United States, Second Session of the Forty-Second Congress Journal of the Senate of the United States, Second Session of the Forty-Third Congress Journal of the Senate of the United States, Third Session of the Forty-First Congress Journal of the Senate of the United States, Third Session of the Forty-Second Congress
Library of Congress, Congress.gov Library of Congress: House Bills and Resolutions of the Forty-First Congress Library of Congress: House Bills and Resolutions of the Forty-Second Congress Library of Congress: Senate Bills and Resolutions of the Forty-First Congress Library of Congress: Senate Bills and Resolutions of the Forty-Second Congress National Archives Center for Legislative Archives The Congressional Globe United States Statutes at Large, Forty-Third Congress, Second Session, Volume 18

Delegations (37 voting)
Alabama Delegation

18 members

Arkansas Delegation

14 members

California Delegation

11 members

Connecticut Delegation

8 members

Delaware Delegation

6 members

Florida Delegation

7 members

Georgia Delegation

24 members

Illinois Delegation

39 members

Indiana Delgation

19 members

Iowa Delegation

19 members

Kansas Delegation

10 members

Kentucky Delegation

23 members

Louisiana Delegation

13 members

Maine Delegation

11 members

Maryland Delegation

14 members

Massachusetts Delegation

22 members

Michigan Delegation

18 members

Minnesota Delegation

9 members

Mississippi Delegation

13 members

Missouri Delegation

28 members

Nebraska Delegation

5 members

Nevada Delegation

5 members

New Hampshire Delegation

11 members

New Jersey Delegation

17 members

New York Delegation

78 members

North Carolina Delegation

22 members

Ohio Delegation

46 members

Oregon Delegation

8 members

Pennsylvania Delegation

55 members

Rhode Island Delegation

6 members

South Carolina Delegation

13 members

Tennessee Delegation

23 members

Texas Delegation

12 members

Vermont Delegation

6 members

Virginia Delegation

23 members

West Virginia Delegation

9 members

Wisconsin Delegation

15 members

Arizona Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

1 members

Colorado Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

2 members

Dakota Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

2 members

District of Columbia Delegation
(non-voting)

1 members

Executive Office of the President of the United States
(non-voting)

2 members

Idaho Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

3 members

Montana Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

3 members

New Mexico Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

3 members

Officers of the House of Representatives
(non-voting)

4 members

Officers of the Senate
(non-voting)

5 members

Utah Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

2 members

Washington Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

2 members

Wyoming Territory Delegation
(non-voting)

3 members

Committees (15)
The Senate
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Created on: 1869-12-06 00:00:00

Dissolved on: 1875-03-03 00:00:00

Description: None

118 members

146 sessions

0 keyword tagged

2, 514, 10,

72, 73, 33,

183, 33

546, 77, 10,

30, 6, 11

836, 88

The House of Representatives
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Created on: 1871-03-04 00:00:00

Dissolved on: 1875-03-03 00:00:00

Description: None

432 members

126 sessions

0 keyword tagged

10, 1295, 3,

8

75, 50, 37,

253, 17

801, 226, 18,

53, 2, 15

1316, 257

Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate
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Created on: 1869-12-06 00:00:00

Dissolved on: 1875-03-03 00:00:00

Description: None

12 members

27 sessions

0 keyword tagged

49,

3, 15, 8,

1, 8,

1,

Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives
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Created on: 1871-03-04 00:00:00

Dissolved on: 1875-03-03 00:00:00

Description: None

17 members

15 sessions

0 keyword tagged

1, 21, 1,

8

1, 14, 3,

9, 5

30, 16,

41,

Committee of Elections of the House of Representatives
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Created on: 1869-12-06 00:00:00

Dissolved on: 1875-03-03 00:00:00

Description: None

25 members

20 sessions

0 keyword tagged

2, 31,

17, 8,

17,

Senate Committee of the Whole
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Created on: 1869-12-06 00:00:00

Dissolved on: 1875-03-03 00:00:00

Description: None

118 members

13 sessions

0 keyword tagged

57, 6,

131, 15

100, 42, 1,

12, 3

90, 33

Committee on Privileges and Elections of the Senate
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Created on: 1871-03-04 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

12 members

11 sessions

0 keyword tagged

21,

3, 4,

3,

Committee on the Revision of the Laws of the United States of the House of Representatives
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Created on: 1871-12-04 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

9 members

2 sessions

0 keyword tagged

9,

1,

Select Committee on the Removal of Political Disabilities of the Senate
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Created on: 1871-03-10 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

6 members

3 sessions

0 keyword tagged

6,

1,

1,

Select Committee of Nine of the House of Representatives
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Created on: 1871-03-23 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: The select committee of nine is appointed on March 23, 1871, in the House, to which the President's message regarding the condition of the South is referred. The committee drafts H. R. 320, which becomes the Third Enforcement Act.

9 members

2 sessions

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9,

1, 1,

1,

Joint Committee of Conference on H. R. 320
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Created on: 1871-04-15 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: A special committee of conference is called, with three members from each House of Congress, to work out the disagreements between the House and the Senate on House bill No. 320

6 members

2 sessions

0 keyword tagged

6,

1, 1,

2,

Second Joint Committee of Conference on H. R. 320
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Created on: 1871-04-19 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

6 members

1 sessions

0 keyword tagged

6,

1, 1,

2,

Sub-Committee on the Civil Rights Bill of the House Judiciary Committee
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Created on: 1874-12-11 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

3 members

2 sessions

0 keyword tagged

3,

1, 5,

6,

Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills
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Created on: 1871-03-04 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

11 members

7 sessions

0 keyword tagged

12,

2, 2,

4,

President of the United States
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Created on: 1871-03-04 00:00:00

Dissolved on: None

Description: None

0 member

3 sessions

0 keyword tagged

2, 2,

2, 2,

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