restoring political rights
to certain Union County citizens.
U.S. Constitution, 14th Amendment, Section 3:
No person shall be
a
Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of
President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or
military, under the United States, or under any State, who,
having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress,
or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of
any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial
officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the
United States, shall
have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same,
or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But
Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove
such disability.
This
Bill restored the political rights of Union County
citizens:
T.J. (Thomas Jefferson) Haralson
and
L.M. Williams. T.J. Haralson
was Union County's Ordinary (County Commissioner) pre-war
and during the war. Haralson was Colonel commanding Union
County Militia and the Confederate Local Defense Force.
Nothing is known about L.M. Williams at this time.
