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  1. Overview: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  2. Full Record: United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
  3. Committee:The House of Representatives
  4. Session: 1866-01-10 12:00:00
  5. 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 5467: 1866-01-10 12:00:00

Mr. Finck presented the memorial of Charles Follett; Morgan Jones from New York is sworn into the House; Mr. Noell's resolution, proposed on December 11, 1865, is referred to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction; the House continues to consider H. R. 1

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Resolution on the Policy of the President

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Resolved, That this House cherish the most entire confidence in the patriotism and policy of the President of the United States, and in his desire to restore the Union on the basis of permanent prosperity and peace, and the the cooperation of this House is pledged to him in support of the general policy of reconstruction inaugurated by him in the modes authorized by the Constitution and consistent with the security of republican institutions.

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