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The Amnesty Act of 1872 is a United States federal law passed on May 22, 1872, which removed most of the penalties imposed on former Confederates by the Fourteenth Amendment, adopted on July 9, 1868. Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the election or appointment to any federal or state office of any person who had held any of ...
March 22, 1872: An Act to provide for the improvement of the capitol park, 1872 Act 93. March 23, 1872: An Act to submit to the people an amendment to article seven of the constitution, 1872 Act 111. Setting a referendum for an amendment to the state constitution expanding the Supreme Court from three to five justices. The referendum ultimately ...
To ease tensions, Grant signed the Amnesty Act of 1872 on May 23, 1872, which gave amnesty to former Confederates. This act allowed most former Confederates, who before the war had taken an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States, to hold elected public office.
September 22 – Garrett Davis, U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1861 to 1872 (born 1801) October 10 – William H. Seward, United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869 (born 1801) November 5 – Thomas Sully, portrait painter (born 1783 in Great Britain) November 6 – George Meade, Civil War general (born 1815)
April 20, 1871: Enforcement Act of 1871; March 1, 1872: Yellowstone National Park founded; May 10, 1872: General Mining Act of 1872; May 23, 1872: Amnesty Act of 1872; June 1, 1872: Practice Conformity Act (precursor to the Rules Enabling Act), ch. 255, 17 Stat. 196; February 12, 1873: Coinage Act of 1873; March 3, 1873: Timber Culture Act
1871 - Ku Klux Klan Act; 1872 – Yellowstone National Park created; 1872 – Crédit Mobilier scandal; 1872 – Amnesty Act; 1872 – Alabama Claims; 1872 – U.S. presidential election, 1872: Ulysses S. Grant reelected president; Henry Wilson elected vice president; 1872 - Victoria Claflin Woodhull, first woman presidential candidate, enters ...
Republican President-elect Donald Trump has promised to grant clemency to at least some of his supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 in a failed bid to block Congress from ...
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