jun 6, 1898 - Signs "An Act To remove the disability imposed by section three of the Fourteenth Amendment. . . " (30 Stat 432). This removed, without limitation as to offices held, the prohibition on holding office by those participating in an insurrection who had previously pledged an oath of allegiance to the Constitution. This extended the amnesty earlier enacted in 1872
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