"A
Bill
to
guaranty
to
certain
states
whose
governments
have
been
usurped
or
overthrown,
a
republican
form
of
government"
(Wade-Davis
bill
as
originally
introduced),
1864
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"A
Bill
to
guaranty
to
certain
states
whose
governments
have
been
usurped
or
overthrown,
a
republican
form
of
government."
(Wade-Davis
bill
as
amended
by
Representative
Thaddeus
Stevens),
1864
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1868
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amendment
Submitting
to
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legislatures
of
the
several
States
a
proposition
to
amend
the
Constitution
of
the
United
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April
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in
the
41st
and
42nd
Congress
of
the
United
States."
(Left
to
right)
Senator
Hiram
Revels
of
Mississippi,
Representatives
Benjamin
Turner
of
Alabama,
Robert
DeLarge
of
South
Carolina,
Josiah
Walls
of
Florida,
Jefferson
Long
of
Georgia,
Joseph
Rainey
and
Robert
B.
Elliot
of
South
Carolina.
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Currier
and
Ives,
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the
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of
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the
first
African
American
to
serve
in
the
Senate,
January
25,
1870
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