[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 475 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 475

    Recognizing the leading role of Utahns in the fight for women's 
  suffrage and celebrating the sesquicentennial of the first votes by 
    women under the equal suffrage law of Utah on February 14, 1870.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 16, 2020

     Mr. Romney (for himself and Mr. Lee) submitted the following 
    resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Recognizing the leading role of Utahns in the fight for women's 
  suffrage and celebrating the sesquicentennial of the first votes by 
    women under the equal suffrage law of Utah on February 14, 1870.

Whereas, on February 10, 1870, the territorial legislature of Utah passed an Act 
        granting women the right to vote, which was signed into law on February 
        12, 1870, by Acting Governor Stephen Mann;
Whereas, on February 14, 1870, women voted in the Salt Lake City election, 
        becoming the first women to vote under an equal suffrage law within what 
        is now the United States;
Whereas, in 1887, Congress revoked the voting rights of women in Utah;
Whereas, on November 5, 1895, the new Utah Constitution was adopted with a 
        provision stating, ``The rights of citizens of the State of Utah to vote 
        and hold office shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex. Both 
        male and female citizens of this State shall enjoy equally all civil, 
        political and religious rights and privileges.'';
Whereas, on November 3, 1896, Martha Maria Hughes Cannon, who will be honored by 
        a statue in the United States Capitol in 2020, was elected to the Utah 
        State Senate and became the first woman to serve as a State senator in 
        the United States; and
Whereas, in 1919, women's suffrage was extended to all United States citizens 
        with the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution of the 
        United States: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) recognizes the leading role of Utahns in the fight for 
        women's suffrage and the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the 
        Constitution of the United States guaranteeing that the ``right 
        of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or 
        abridged by the United States or by any State on account of 
        sex''; and
            (2) celebrates the sesquicentennial of the first votes by 
        women under the equal suffrage law of Utah on February 14, 
        1870.
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