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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06157.04 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of eight Union imprints |
| Title | Senate Joint Resolutions, No. 1. State of New Jersey. |
| Date | 27 March 1868 |
| Author | Little, Henry S. (Henry Stafford) (1823-1904) |
| Additional authors | Evans, A. O. (fl. 1868-1871) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Signed by Little, President of the New Jersey Senate. Countersigned by A. O. Evans, Speaker of General Assembly. Joint resolutions withdrawing the consent of New Jersey to the proposed Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. Tied at top with blue ribbon, with purple paper border at top. |
| Subjects | US Constitution US Constitutional Amendment African American History Suffrage Slavery Government and Civics |
| People | Little, Henry S. (Henry Stafford) (1823-1904) Evans, A. O. (fl. 1868-1871) |
| Place written | New Jersey |
| Theme | Reconstruction; Government & Politics; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | The Fourteenth Amendment was proposed in June 1866 and ratified in July 1868. New Jersey ratified the amendment on 11 September 1866 but the legislature tried to rescind it on 20 February 1868. The New Jersey governor vetoed his state's withdrawal on 5 March, and the legislature overrode the veto on 24 March. Accordingly, on 20 July 1868, Secretary of State William H. Seward certified that the amendment had become part of the Constitution and the rescissions were ineffective. Congress responded on the following day, declaring that the amendment was part of the Constitution and ordering Seward to promulgate the amendment. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |