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.

Samuel M. Arnell

Quill platform ID: p8253.

"(May 3, 1833 -- July 20, 1903) Samuel Mayes Arnell was a(n) lawyer, public servant, postmaster, superintendent, and American politician. He was born in Zion Settlement, near Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He served as a member of the constitutional convention of Tennessee (1865), served in the State house of representatives (1865 and 1866), was a postmaster of Columbia (1879 - 1884), and superintendent of schools (1884 - 1886). Samuel was elected as an Unconditional Unionist to the 39th Congress, was reelected as a Republican to the 40th and 41st Congresses (July 24, 1866 - March 3, 1871), and served as chairman on the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of State (40th Congress) and Committee on Education and Labor (41st Congress). He was not reelected in 1870. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=A000286]"

Member of Tennessee Delegation—United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866, Tennessee Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875, Tennessee Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment.

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