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On the recordJanuary 6, 1868
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of yesterday, making inquiry how many and what State legislatures have ratified the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as the fourteenth article.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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