Less than four years after the 14th Amendment was ratified, Congress passed the Amnesty Act of 1872, removing the rebellion and insurrection disqualifications for most rebels. Tellingly, those excluded from amnesty include only "Senators and Representatives of the thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh Congresses, officers in the judicial, military, and naval service of the United States, heads of departments, and foreign ministers of the United States."
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