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 Subject: American Minute - Jul. 24 - Tennessee Constitution, 1796

 American Minute with Bill Federer

 July 24

 Tennessee's Constitutional Convention composed its State Constitution
 in 1796.

 The U.S. Congress accepted it and President George Washington signed
 the bill admitting Tennessee as the 16th State on June 1, 1796.

 The Tennessee Constitution, Article XI, Section III, stated:

 "All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty
 God according to the dictates of their own consciences."

 Though Article XI, Section IV, stated:

 "No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any
 office or public trust under this State,"

 Article VIII, Section II, stated:

 "No person who denies the being of God, or a future state of rewards
 and punishments, shall hold any office in the civil department of
 this State."

 After the Civil War, Tennessee was the first State readmitted to the
 Union on JULY 24, 1866.

 President Andrew Johnson issued a Proclamation of Amnesty and Pardon
 to former Confederates on September 7, 1867:

 "Every person who shall seek to avail himself of this proclamation
 shall take the following oath...'I do solemnly swear, in the presence
 of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support...the
 Constitution of the United States...So help me God.'"



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