Congressional (radical) Reconstruction continues: The Republican (nationalist) 40th Constitutional Congress—without a constitutional amendment—over the veto of War Democrat (constitutionalist) de facto President Andrew Johnson (a Citizen of the confederate State of Tennessee) passes the third Reconstruction Act, giving military commanders of the former confederate States power to determine the eligibility of Electors.
[restored 5/1/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 195.