Volume 92 · 1304
Public Law 95–466
To restore posthumously full rights of citizenship to Jefferson F. Davis.
Approved October 17, 1978
Statutory text
Joint Resolution
To restore posthumously full rights of citizenship to Jefferson F. Davis.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, in accordance with section 3 of amendment XIV of the Constitution of the United States, the legal disabilities placed upon Mr. Jefferson F. Davis are hereby removed, and that Mr. Jefferson F. Davis is posthumously restored to the full rights of citizenship, effective December 25, 1868.
Approved October 17, 1978.