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Civil rights bill,
An important measure introduced in the United States Senate on Jan. 29, 1866; adopted there Feb. 2 by a vote of 33 to 12, and passed in the House on March 13 by a vote of 111 to 38.
The bill was vetoed March 27 by President Johnson, but was passed over the veto, in the Senate on April 6, and in the House on April 9.
While the bill was passing through these stages a number of amendments were proposed for the purpose of nullifying the decision in the Dred Scot case; and on April 30 Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, in the House, reported from a joint committee the measure that became the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States (q. v.)
The original civil rights bill comprised in brief the following provisions:
1. All persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, were therein declared to be citizens of the United States, having the same rights as white citizens in every State and Terri
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnson , Robert 1682 -1755 (search)
Johnson, Robert 1682-1755
Colonial governor; born in England in 1682; was appointed governor of South Carolina in 1717; and royal governor in 1731.
He died in Charleston, S. C., May 3, 1755.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), State of South Carolina , (search)