...or previous condition, who have been resident in said state for one year previous to the day of such election, except such as may be disfranchised for...franchise shall be enjoyed by all such persons as haw the qualifications herein stated for electors of delegates; and when such constitution shall be...

...the day of such election, except such as may be disfranchised for participation in the rebellion,'or for felony at common law; and when such constitution...all such persons as have the qualifications herein staled for electors of delegates; and when such constitution shall be ratified by a majority of the...

...or previous condition, who have been resident in said state for one year previous to the day of such election, except such as may be disfranchised for...the rebellion, or for felony at common law; and when suck constitution shall provide that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by all such persons as...

...disfranchised for participation in the rebellion or for felony at common law, and when such convention shall provide that the elective franchise shall be...electors of delegates, and when such constitution shall have been ratified by a majority of the persons voting on the question of ratification who are qualified...

...previous condition, who have been resident in the said State for one year previous to the day of such election, except such as may be disfranchised for...rebellion or for felony at common law, and when such convention shall provide that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by all such persons as have the...

...condition, who have been resident in the said State for one year previous to the day of such ejection, except such as may be disfranchised for participation...rebellion or for felony at common law, and when such convention shall provide that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by all such persons as have the...

...said state, twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, . . . except such as may be disfranchised for participation in the rebellion or for felony at common law." This was the death knell to the idea that the leaders of the Confederacy and their white supporters...

...citizens of " twenty-one years of age and upward of whatever race, color, or previous condition . ; . except such as may be disfranchised for participation in the rebellion, or for felony at common law." When such constitutions had been framed, ratified by the electorate, and approved by Congress, and...

...said state, twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition/ and that 'such constitution shall provide that the elective...qualifications herein stated for electors of delegates.' (Stat. at Large, XIV, 429). Wherever Congress could do so, it interpreted this constitutional provision...

...said state, twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever race, color, of previous condition,' and that 'such constitution shall provide that the elective...qualifications herein stated for electors of delegates.' (Stat. at Large, XIV, 429). Wherever Congress could do so, it interpreted this constitutional provision...