Why Some Are Celebrating the 19th Amendment's 100th Anniversary This Month
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June 7, 2019
As CBS News reported earlier this month, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution celebrated a "big birthday" on June 4. One hundred years ago, on June 4, 1919, the Senate voted in favor of the 19th Amendment, following the House of Representative's passage of it two weeks earlier.
This move by Congress laid the foundation for states to begin voting on the amendment. Soon after Congress passed the 19th Amendment on June 4, 1919, several states followed with their support, but it wasn't until 14 months later in August 1920 that the required number of states -- three-fourths of them, or 36 states at that time -- passed the amendment and it was ratified into the Constitutional.
Do you know when your home state voted in favor of women's right to vote? See below for a list of each state's ratification.
1. Illinois: June 10, 1919; reaffirmed on June 17, 1919
2. Michigan: June 10, 1919
3. Wisconsin: June 10, 1919
4. Kansas: June 16, 1919
5. New York: June 16, 1919
6. Ohio: June 16, 1919
7. Pennsylvania: June 24, 1919
8. Massachusetts: June 25, 1919
9. Texas: June 28, 1919
10. Iowa: July 2, 1919
11. Missouri: July 3, 1919
12. Arkansas: July 28, 1919
13. Montana: August 2, 1919
14. Nebraska: August 2, 1919
15. Minnesota: September 8, 1919
16. New Hampshire: September 10, 1919
17. Utah: October 2, 1919
18. California: November 1, 1919
19. Maine: November 5, 1919
20. North Dakota: December 1, 1919
21. South Dakota: December 4, 1919
22. Colorado: December 15, 1919
23. Kentucky: January 6, 1920
24. Rhode Island: January 6, 1920
25. Oregon: January 13, 1920
26. Indiana: January 16, 1920
27. Wyoming: January 27, 1920
28. Nevada: February 7, 1920
29. New Jersey: February 9, 1920
30. Idaho: February 11, 1920
31. Arizona: February 12, 1920
32. New Mexico: February 21, 1920
33. Oklahoma: February 28, 1920
34. West Virginia: March 10, 1920; confirmed on September 21, 1920
35. Washington: March 22, 1920
36. Tennessee: August 18, 1920
With the support of the above 36 states, the 19th Amendment had the necessary number of states to be ratified into the Constitution. It was subsequently ratified by the following remaining states:
37. Connecticut: September 14, 1920; reaffirmed on September 21, 1920
38. Vermont: February 8, 1921
39. Delaware: March 6, 1923, after being rejected on June 2, 1920
40. Maryland: March 29, 1941, after being rejected on February 24, 1920; not certified until February 25, 1958
41. Virginia: February 21, 1952, after being rejected on February 12, 1920
42. Alabama: September 8, 1953, after being rejected on September 22, 1919
43. Florida: May 13, 1969
44. South Carolina: July 1, 1969, after being rejected on January 28, 1920; not certified until August 22, 1973
45. Georgia: February 20, 1970, after being rejected on July 24, 1919
46. Louisiana: June 11, 1970, after being rejected on July 1, 1920
47. North Carolina: May 6, 1971
48. Mississippi: March 22, 1984, after being rejected on March 29, 1920