H.RES.628: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the African-Americans who duly won election to the House during the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era but were wrongly denied the right to take their seats should be recognized as former Members of

Declares the sense of the House of Representatives that: James Lewis, John Willis Menard, Pinckney B.S. Pinchback, and Josiah Thomas Walls duly won election to the House during the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era; they were wrongly denied the right to take their seats as Members of the House; and they should be recognized as former Members of the House.

(Source: Library of Congress)