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The court replied that state ratification was a federal function granted under Article V of the U.S. Constitution and not subject to a state constitution's limitations. Finally, those bringing suit asserted the Nineteenth Amendment was not adopted because Tennessee and West Virginia violated their own rules of procedure.
Later that month, Texas became the first state in the South and the ninth state in the United States to ratify the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [394] The Texas House approved the federal amendment on June 24, 1919 by a vote of 96 to 21 and the Texas Senate approved it on June 28, 1919 by a voice vote.
When a constitutional amendment is sent to the states for ratification, the Archivist of the United States is charged with responsibility for administering the ratification process under the provisions of 1 U.S.C. § 106b. [5]
On August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. The amendment came after more than 70 years of struggle for women suffragists ...
Other states followed suit at a regular pace, until the amendment had been ratified by 35 of the necessary 36 state legislatures. After Washington on March 22, 1920, ratification languished for months. Finally, on August 18, 1920, Tennessee narrowly ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, making it the law throughout the United States. [271]
June 28 The Texas legislature ratified the 19th Amendment. [2] Texas was the ninth state and the first Southern state to ratify the amendment. [37] June the Texas Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage was disbanded. [29] October TESA holds a victory convention, dissolves the group and reorganizes itself as the League of Women Voters of Texas. [2]
Several states competed to become the first to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment. [67] Illinois ratified the amendment on June 10, 1919. [67] Illinois beat the state of Wisconsin by only an hour and also beat Michigan, who ratified the same day. [67] In the Senate, the amendment was ratified unanimously and in the House, only 3 legislators voted ...
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that every vote — past, present, and future — matters a lot. Amelia McNeil-Maddox, an 18-year-old voter from Maine, says the coincidence of the ...