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04/08/1864 |
In Washington, the U.S. Senate passes the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution, 38-6. |
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05/31/1864 |
At the U.S. Capitol, debate begins in the House on the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution |
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06/15/1864 |
At the U.S. Capitol, the vote in the House on the proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution fails |
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07/08/1864 |
In a proclamation, President Lincoln explains why he refuses to sign the Wade-Davis Bill on Reconstruction |
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04/05/1865 |
In Nashville, famed abolitionist William "Parson" Brownlow is inaugurated as 17th Governor of Tennessee |
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12/01/1865 |
North Carolina ratifies the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery |
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12/14/1865 |
Charles Jones Jenkins is inaugurated as the first post-Civil War elected governor of Georgia |
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12/18/1865 |
The Thirteenth Amendment outlawing slavery is announced as now the law of the land. |
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01/11/1866 |
In Iowa, Governor William Stone begins his second term and endorses African-American suffrage |
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01/16/1866 |
In Trenton, Republican stalwart Marcus Ward is inaugurated as the twenty-first governor of New Jersey |
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01/16/1866 |
With Republicans taking power in New Jersey, the New York Times announces the state's "Reconstruction" |
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01/23/1866 |
In New Jersey, the state legislature finally ratifies the Thirteenth Amendment |
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03/15/1866 |
In Indianapolis, the Indiana Democratic Party holds its state convention |
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04/06/1866 |
In Washington, the U.S. Senate votes to over-ride the presidential veto of the Civil Rights Bill |
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04/09/1866 |
In Washington, House of Representatives votes to overturn the presidential veto of the Civil Rights Bill |
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06/25/1866 |
In Hartford, the Connecticut Legislature votes to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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06/28/1866 |
"Conservative Republicans" of Iowa meet in convention in Des Moines. |
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07/06/1866 |
In Concord, the New Hampshire Legislature votes to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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07/11/1866 |
In Nashville, the Tennessee state house votes to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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07/11/1866 |
Postmaster-General William Dennison resigns from the Johnson Cabinet over policy differences. |
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07/11/1866 |
In Nashville, the Tennessee state senate votes fifteen to six to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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07/16/1866 |
Uncomfortable with President Johnson's policies, U.S. Attorney General James Speed resigns. |
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07/19/1866 |
In Nashville, a special session of the Tennessee Legislature votes to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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08/30/1866 |
Governor Ward of New Jersey calls a special legislative session to consider the 14th Amendment. |
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09/11/1866 |
New Jersey ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
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09/19/1866 |
In Salem, Oregon, a divided state legislature narrowly ratifies the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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10/27/1866 |
Texas become the first state to reject ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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10/30/1866 |
By almost unanimous legislation, Vermont becomes the sixth state to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment |
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11/09/1866 |
In Milledgeville, Georgia becomes the second state to reject the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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11/27/1866 |
Governor Orr of South Carolina calls for South Carolina's rejection of the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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12/01/1866 to 12/03/1866 |
Florida legislature votes unanimously to reject ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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12/07/1866 |
In Montgomery, the Alabama legislature votes overwhelmingly to reject the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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12/13/1866 |
In Raleigh, the North Carolina legislature rejects the Fourteenth Amendment by a large margin. |
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12/17/1866 |
In Little Rock, Arkansas legislative committees decline a vote on the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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12/20/1866 |
In Columbia, the South Carolina legislature overwhelmingly rejects the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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01/03/1867 |
The Ohio Senate takes up and passes on a party-line vote the bill to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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01/08/1867 |
Veterans from across the country meet in Philadelphia at the Colored Soldiers' and Sailors' Convention. |
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01/10/1867 to 01/12/1867 |
The National Convention of Colored Men meets for three days in Washington, D.C. |
