Federal Elections Bill
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The Federal Elections Bill was a proposed 1890 U.S. law, often called the Lodge Bill, that sought to protect African American voting rights in the South by enabling federal oversight of congressional elections.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Elections Bill canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
proposed United States federal law
ⓘ
voting rights legislation ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
preventing election fraud
ⓘ
preventing voter intimidation ⓘ protecting African American suffrage ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Southern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blockedBy |
Senate filibuster
ⓘ
Senate procedural maneuvers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateDefeated | 1891 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Civil Rights Act of 1957
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ⓘ
Voting Rights Act of 1965 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Federal Elections Bill of 1890
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lodge Bill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTopic |
Jim Crow era politics
ⓘ
election law ⓘ federal–state relations in elections ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
its defeat enabled continued Black disenfranchisement in the South
ⓘ
major attempt to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment after Reconstruction ⓘ precedent for later federal voting rights legislation ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Henry Cabot Lodge
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republican Party politicians ⓘ |
| introducedInChamber | United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introductionYear | 1890 ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | United States Congress ⓘ |
| legislativeOutcome | defeated in the United States Senate ⓘ |
| legislativeStatus | failed to pass ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American voting rights
ⓘ
congressional elections ⓘ federal supervision of elections ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Henry Cabot Lodge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Democratic Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southern Democrats NERFINISHED ⓘ some Northern Republicans ⓘ |
| partOf |
United States civil rights history
ⓘ
history of African American suffrage ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Republican Party-supported ⓘ |
| providedFor |
appointment of federal election supervisors
ⓘ
federal marshals at polling places ⓘ federal oversight of congressional elections ⓘ federal supervision of voter registration ⓘ |
| reasonForOpposition |
states’ rights concerns
ⓘ
white supremacist resistance to Black voting ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reconstruction-era Enforcement Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ disenfranchisement of African Americans in the South ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Reconstruction aftermath
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late 19th century ⓘ |
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