- Event type: CREATE
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.
The House of Representatives
The House of Representatives of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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Session 5468: 1866-01-11 12:00:00
The Speaker lays before the house credentials for John D. Kennedy and James Farrow, which are referred to Joint Committee on Reconstruction; the House continues to consider H. R. 1
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Credentials of John D. Kennedy
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
By his Excellency James L. Orr, Governor and commander-in-chief in and over the State aforesaid, to [John D. Kennedy]:
Whereas in pursuance of an ordinance of the people of this State, entitled "An ordinance to divide the State into four congressional districts," ratified the 27th day of September, A. D. 1865, and also in pursuance of joint resolutions of the General Assembly of this State providing for the election of four members of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States for this State, passed the 31st day of October, A. D. 1865, an election has been held for a Representative in the Congress of the United States, to represent the [—— congressional district in this State, composed of the judicial districts of ——;] and upon examination of the returns which have been received, it appears that you, the said [John D. Kennedy], have been duly elected by a majority of votes to represent the same:
I do therefore, by virtue of the powers in me vested, commission you, the said [John D. Kennedy], to represent the people of this State as a member of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States of America, for two years from the 4th day of March, A. D. 1865.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the State, in the city of Columbia, this 1st day of December, in the year of our Lord 1865, and in the ninetieth year of the independence of the United States of America.
[L. S.] JAMES L. ORR.
By the Governor:
WILLIAM R. HUNTT, Secretary of State.
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- Credentials of John D. Kennedy (introduced on 1866-01-11 12:00:00 - CREATE - e869969) [This document]
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- Motion to Refer the Credentials to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction (introduced on 1866-01-11 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e653021)
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- None (introduced on 1866-01-11 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e653022) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Refer the Credentials to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction (introduced on 1866-01-11 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e653021)
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