Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the African-Americans who duly won election to the House during the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era but were wrongly denied the right to take their seats should be recognized as former Members of the House.

H. Res. 628 · 114th Congress · Feb 29, 2016 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that—

(1)

James Lewis, John Willis Menard, Pinckney B.S. Pinchback, and Josiah Thomas Walls duly won election to the House during the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era;

(2)

these individuals were wrongly denied the right to take their seats as Members of the House; and

(3)

these individuals should be recognized as former Members of the House.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the African-Americans who duly won election to the House during the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era but were wrongly denied the right to take their seats should be recognized as former Members of the House.

Cite this provision

Incoming references