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 Senate of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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The vote to adopt the resolution on the contested election of John P. Stockton is reconsidered
Resolved, That the vote of Mr. Stockton be not received in determining the question of his seat in the Senate.