United States Fifteenth Amendment

Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives

Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives for the Fortieth Session of Congress

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Session 7962: 1869-01-12 00:00:00

H. R. 399 is referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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H. Res. 399

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Joint Resolution

To amend the Constitution of the United States.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress assembled, the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States be submitted to the Legislatures of the several States which when ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths of the States shall become a part of said Constitution, to wit—

No State shall deny or prohibit the exercise of the right of suffrage to any citizen of the United States except for treason or felony at common law, of which the party affected shall have been duly convicted; but Congress may by law provide against the exercise of such right of suffrage by any one who may have engaged in war against the United States.

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