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 of the Thirty-Ninth Session of Congress
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Mr. McKee introduces H. Res. 70; The Committee on Elections reports on the Indiana Washburn V. Voorhees contested election; The Pennsylvania Coffroth V. Koontz contested election is resolved in Mr. Coffroth's favor
Resolved, That the Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees was duly[+e864313]is not[-e864313] entit[-e864313]lected a R[+e864313]d to a seat in this House as a r[-e864313]epresentative in[+e864313]from[-e864313] the seven[-e864313]thirty-n[+e864313] district of Indiana [-e864313]in the 39[-e864313]th Congress. [-e864313]
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Resolved[-e864313], and[+e864313]That Henry D. Washburn[-e864313] is entitled to hold[+e864313]a seat in this House as[-e864313] and[+e864313] represen[-e864313]tain his[+e864313]tive from the[-e864313] seventh congression[-e864313]al dis[-e864313]trict of Indiana[-e864313] in this House.[+e864313]e 39th Congress.[-e864313]