What I wrote was: "Confederates were barred from holding office - yes or no." What part of the 14th Amendment DON'T you understand? Would a remedial reading class help?
Are you suggesting that Aleck Stephens was not a confederate, or that he didn't hold office in Congress after the war, or what exactly?
You said:
"Confederates were barred from holding office - yes or no."
That was a lie. You'd think you'd have enough sense to let it go.
Walt
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.