US Congress House Resolution 628 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 29 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-29 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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. 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.

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.

Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-29	House	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
2016-02-29	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-resolution/628/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hres628/BILLS-114hres628ih.pdf