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.

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The Committee of Elections report on the Contested Election of Coffroth vs Koontz

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Further Resolutions on the Contested Election of Coffroth vs Koontz

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Resolved, That Alexander H. Coffroth is not entitled to a seat in this house as a representative from the sixteenth district of Pennsylvania in the thirty-ninth Congress.

Resolved, That William H. Koontz is entitled to a seat in this house as a representative from the sixteenth district of Pennsylvania in the thirty-ninth Congress.

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