Jus soli is Latin for "right of the soil" which in this context means that a child's citizenship is determined by their place of birth rather than the nationality of their parents.
Jus sanguinis is Latin for "right of blood" or "by descent" meaning in this case that a child's citizenship is determined by the citizenship or nationality of their parent(s)
Andrew Johnson was a Tennessee Democrat who ran as Lincoln’s Vice President to balance the ticket. He became president upon Lincoln’s assassination.
Senator Lyman Trumbull was a republican from Illinois and was head of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senator Trumbull co-authored the 13th Amendment and introduced the Civil Rights Act, and on the same day also introduced a bill to extend and expand the Freedmen’s Bureau Act which also contained rights for the ex-slaves including 2nd Amendment rights to carry a weapon.
Jus sanguinis is Latin for "right of blood" or "by descent" meaning in this case that a child's citizenship is determined by the citizenship or nationality of their parent(s)
Jus soli is Latin for "right of the soil" which in this context means that a child's citizenship is determined by their place of birth rather than the nationality of their parents.
All statements and references of Senators and Representatives were taken from the official records of the Congressional Globe. The Congressional Globe was contracted at that time to record the official activities occurring on the Senate and House floors.
Contrary to what some believe, Senator Howard introduced the 14th Amendment to the Senate because the chairman of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, Senator William Fessenden of Maine, was ill that day. Otherwise, as chairman of the committee, Senator Fessenden would have introduced the amendment to the floor of the Senate
Senator James Doolittle was a democrat turned republican and was chairman of the committee on Indian Affairs.
A person born abroad in wedlock to two U.S. citizen parents acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under section 301(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), if at least one of the parents had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions prior to the person’s birth. In these cases, at least one of the U.S. citizen parents must have a genetic or gestational connection to the child to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.
