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HRES 628 114th Congress 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…

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Official title: 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.

Introduced: February 29, 2016 See on congress.gov
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This resolution expired with the 114th Congress
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Feb 29, 2016
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 Latest action February 29, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that:

  • 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;
  • they were wrongly denied the right to take their seats as Members of the House; and
  • they should be recognized as former Members of the House.
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 628: 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.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-628/
MLA
"H. Res. 628: 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.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-628/.
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H. Res. 628, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-628/.
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[H. Res. 628: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HRES-628/)
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