<P> Over 70 proposals for an amendment were drafted . In late 1865 , the Joint Committee on Reconstruction proposed an amendment stating that any citizens barred from voting on the basis of race by a state would not be counted for purposes of representation of that state . This amendment passed the House , but was blocked in the Senate by a coalition of Radical Republicans led by Charles Sumner , who believed the proposal a `` compromise with wrong '' , and Democrats opposed to black rights . Consideration then turned to a proposed amendment by Representative John A. Bingham of Ohio , which would enable Congress to safeguard `` equal protection of life , liberty , and property '' of all citizens ; this proposal failed to pass the House . In April 1866 , the Joint Committee forwarded a third proposal to Congress , a carefully negotiated compromise that combined elements of the first and second proposals as well as addressing the issues of Confederate debt and voting by ex-Confederates . The House of Representatives passed House Resolution 127 , 39th Congress several weeks later and sent to the Senate for action . The resolution was debated and several amendments to it were proposed . Amendments to Sections 2 , 3 , and 4 were adopted on June 8 , 1866 , and the modified resolution passed by a 33 to 11 vote . The House agreed to the Senate amendments on June 13 by a 138 -- 36 vote . A concurrent resolution requesting the President to transmit the proposal to the executives of the several states was passed by both houses of Congress on June 18 . </P>
<P> Over 70 proposals for an amendment were drafted . In late 1865 , the Joint Committee on Reconstruction proposed an amendment stating that any citizens barred from voting on the basis of race by a state would not be counted for purposes of representation of that state . This amendment passed the House , but was blocked in the Senate by a coalition of Radical Republicans led by Charles Sumner , who believed the proposal a `` compromise with wrong '' , and Democrats opposed to black rights . Consideration then turned to a proposed amendment by Representative John A. Bingham of Ohio , which would enable Congress to safeguard `` equal protection of life , liberty , and property '' of all citizens ; this proposal failed to pass the House . In April 1866 , the Joint Committee forwarded a third proposal to Congress , a carefully negotiated compromise that combined elements of the first and second proposals as well as addressing the issues of Confederate debt and voting by ex-Confederates . The House of Representatives passed House Resolution 127 , 39th Congress several weeks later and sent to the Senate for action . The resolution was debated and several amendments to it were proposed . Amendments to Sections 2 , 3 , and 4 were adopted on June 8 , 1866 , and the modified resolution passed by a 33 to 11 vote . The House agreed to the Senate amendments on June 13 by a 138 -- 36 vote . A concurrent resolution requesting the President to transmit the proposal to the executives of the several states was passed by both houses of Congress on June 18 . </P>
who wrote the 14th amendment to the constitution
who wrote the 14th amendment to the constitution
Joint Committee on Reconstruction
Joint Committee on Reconstruction