Message to the Senate Transmitting South Carolina's Ratification of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
July 18, 1868
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit to the Senate, in compliance with its resolution of the 9th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, communicating a copy of a paper received by me on the 18th instant, purporting to be a resolution of the senate and house of representatives of the State of South Carolina, ratifying the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as Article XIV.
ANDREW JOHNSON
Andrew Johnson, Message to the Senate Transmitting South Carolina's Ratification of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202819