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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 . . . 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.
—14th Amendment, Section 3, 1867
What was the purpose of this section of the 14th Amendment?
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 . . . 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.
—14th Amendment, Section 3, 1867
What was the purpose of this section of the 14th Amendment?