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2005. ISBN-13: 9781584774433. ISBN-10: 1584774436. Kendrick, Benjamin B. The Journal of the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction. 39th Congress, 1865-1867. New York: Columbia University Press, 1914. 414 pp. Three plates. Reprinted 2005 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774433; ISBN-10: 1584774436. Hardcover. New. $44.95 * President Johnson's failure to pursue an aggressive Reconstruction policy incited Congress to supplant his authority by establishing the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction, which drafted the Civil Rights Act (1866), the Reconstruction Act (1867) and the Fourteenth Amendment (1868), which contains the important and oft-debated "due process" clause. Due to a series of mishaps the committee's journal was never printed by the government. Brought home by Senator William Pitt Fessenden, one of the committee's members, it remained in his family until it was sold at auction. It was finally acquired by Columbia University, where it remains today. Kendrick offers…
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The Journal of the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction: 39th Congress, 1865-1867 Hardcover - 2004
by Benjamin B. Kendrick
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- Title The Journal of the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction: 39th Congress, 1865-1867
- Author Benjamin B. Kendrick
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Reprint of the f
- Pages 1
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Lawbook Exchange
- Date July 1, 2004
- ISBN 9781584774433 / 1584774436
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004040734
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.81
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