39th United States Congress

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The 39th United States Congress was the post–Civil War federal legislature that played a central role in shaping Reconstruction, including passing the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and proposing the Fourteenth Amendment.

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39th United States Congress canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Congress ⓘ
bicameral legislature ⓘ
chamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
city Washington, D.C. ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
firstSessionEnd 1866-07-28 ⓘ
firstSessionStart 1865-12-04 ⓘ
followedBy 40th United States Congress ⓘ
follows 38th United States Congress ⓘ
handledIssue Reconstruction policy ⓘ
civil rights of freedmen ⓘ
readmission of former Confederate states ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
knownFor Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Reconstruction legislation ⓘ
overriding presidential vetoes of Andrew Johnson ⓘ
proposing the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
legislativeTermEnd 1867-03-04 ⓘ
legislativeTermStart 1865-03-04 ⓘ
legislatureNumber XXXIX ⓘ
location United States Capitol ⓘ
majorityPartyHouse Republican Party ⓘ
majorityPartySenate Republican Party ⓘ
meetsDuring Reconstruction era ⓘ
post–Civil War period ⓘ
minorityPartyHouse Democratic Party ⓘ
minorityPartySenate Democratic Party ⓘ
ordinalNumber 39 ⓘ
partyControlHouse Republican Party ⓘ
partyControlSenate Republican Party ⓘ
passedAct Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Freedmen’s Bureau Bill of 1866 ⓘ
precededByEvent American Civil War ⓘ
presidentDuringMostOfTerm Andrew Johnson ⓘ
presidentProTemporeOfSenate Benjamin F. Wade ⓘ
Lafayette S. Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ
proposedAmendment Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
secondSessionEnd 1867-03-04 ⓘ
secondSessionStart 1866-12-03 ⓘ
sessionCount 2 ⓘ
speakerOfTheHouse Schuyler Colfax ⓘ
stateRepresented all U.S. states then in the Union except those not yet readmitted from former Confederacy ⓘ
usedVetoOverride Andrew Johnson veto of Civil Rights Act of 1866 ⓘ
Andrew Johnson veto of Freedmen’s Bureau Bill of 1866 ⓘ
vicePresidentAtStart Hannibal Hamlin ⓘ
vicePresidentDuringMostOfTerm Andrew Johnson ⓘ

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40th United States Congress → follows → 39th United States Congress ⓘ
Presidency of Andrew Johnson → legislativeBody → 39th United States Congress ⓘ
Alexander G. Cattell → partOf → 39th United States Congress ⓘ
38th United States Congress → followedBy → 39th United States Congress ⓘ