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.
The Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate for the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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The Committee on the Judiciary reports their resolution on the contested election of John P. Stockton
Resolved, That John P. Stockton was duly elected, and is entitled to his seat, as a senator from the State of New Jersey, for the term of six years from the 4th day of March, 1865.