<Table> Civil Rights Act of 1866 <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Long title </Th> <Td> An Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights and liberties, and furnish the Means of their Vindication . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Acronyms (colloquial) </Th> <Td> CRA 1866 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Enacted by </Th> <Td> the 39th United States Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Effective </Th> <Td> April 9, 1866 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Citations </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Public law </Th> <Td> 14 Stat. 27--30 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Legislative history </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Ul> <Li> Introduced in the Senate as S. 61 by Sen. Lyman Trumbull (R - IL) on January 5, 1866 </Li> <Li> Committee consideration by Judiciary </Li> <Li> Passed the Senate on February 2, 1866 (33--12) </Li> <Li> Passed the House on March 13, 1866 (34 "not voting") (111--38) </Li> <Li> Vetoed by President Andrew Johnson on March 27, 1866 </Li> <Li> Overridden by the Senate on April 6, 1866 (33--15) </Li> <Li> Overridden by the House and became law on April 9, 1866 (21 "not voting") (122--41) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Major amendments </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Civil Rights Act of 1991 (Section 1981) P.L. 102--166 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> United States Supreme Court cases </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. (1968) Saint Francis College v. al - Khazraji (1987) Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald (2006) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Long title </Th> <Td> An Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights and liberties, and furnish the Means of their Vindication . </Td> </Tr>

President who vetoed important civil rights and reconstruction legislation