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U.S. Statutes at Large
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Historical SummaryMAY 13, 1872, the House having before it a number of bills for the removal of the political disabilities of the persons named therein, the rules were suspended, and a general bill for the removal of disabilities imposed by the fourteenth amendment was introduced by Butler of Massachusetts, from the Committee on the Judiciary, and passed. The Senate passed the bill on the 21st by a vote of 38 to 2. The debate was without special interest. The disabilities not provided for by this act were removed by an act of June 6, 1898. REFERENCES. — Text in House and Senate Journals, 42d Cong., 1st Sess., and the Cong. Record.
No. 173.
Act Removing Political Disabilities
May 22. 1872
An Act to remove political Disabilities imposed by the fourteenth Article of the Amendments of the Constitution of the United States.
Be it enacted . . . , (two-thirds of each house concurring therein), That all political disabilities imposed by the third section of the fourteenth article of amendments of the Constitution of the United States are hereby removed from all persons whomsoever, except Senators and Representatives of the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh Congresses, officers in the judicial, military, and naval service of the United States, heads of departments, and foreign ministers of the United States.
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"Act Removing Political Disabilities," U.S. Statutes at Large in Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1913, ed. William MacDonald (1863-1938) (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916), Original Sources, accessed November 4, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NDLZS6KQ3XEL4Y3.
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. "Act Removing Political Disabilities." U.S. Statutes at Large, Vol. XVII, in Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1913, edited by William MacDonald (1863-1938), New York, The Macmillan Company, 1916, Original Sources. 4 Nov. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NDLZS6KQ3XEL4Y3.
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, 'Act Removing Political Disabilities' in U.S. Statutes at Large. cited in 1916, Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1913, ed. , The Macmillan Company, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 4 November 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NDLZS6KQ3XEL4Y3.
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