Reconstruction Amendments

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