His illustrious political career also brought him to D.C. where he was a trusted aide of President Abraham Lincoln, and architect of the 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

As the purpose and meaning of the 14th Amendment are once again debated, it’s well worth learning more about one of its primary authors: George S. Boutwell.

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The nation’s capital made history on Jan. 8, 1867, by giving Black men the right to vote with the District of Columbia ...

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From Cillian Murphy and Will Smith to Sidney Poitier and Daniel Day-Lewis, a roll call of every Best Actor winner since the ...

A plaster cast of a life mask of a beardless Abraham Lincoln may be the best ... Lincoln became the nation's 16th president, and Hannibal Hamlin became its 15th vice president.

President Andrew Johnson vetoed the bill. But the majority-Republican Congress overrode him. The party of Abraham Lincoln had supported emancipation and correctly assumed Black voters would ...