Conness, a U.S. senator from California from 1863 to 1869, was outspoken in support of birthright citizenship when Congress ...

During passage of the 14th amendment in the 1800s, John Conness fought proto-Trumpian demands to exclude some groups.

In the debates over the 14th Amendment in 1866, Sen. John Conness argued convincingly that "children of all parentage whatever, born in California, should be regarded and treated as citizens of the ...