    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 113th Congress]
    [113rd Congress]
    [House Document 112-161]
    [The United States Constitution]
    [Pages 108-109]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                          AMENDMENT XIX.\10\

    Sec. 240. Womens suffrage.

      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.
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      \10\ The 19th amendment to the Constitution of the United
    States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the
    66th Congress on June 5, 1919, and was declared in a proclamation by the
    Secretary of State dated August 26, 1920, to have been ratified by the
    legislatures of 36 of the 48 States. The dates of these ratifications
    were: Illinois, June 10, 1919 (and that State readopted its resolution
    of ratification June 17, 1919); Michigan, June 10, 1919; Wisconsin, June
    10, 1919; Kansas, June 16, 1919; New York, June 16, 1919; Ohio, June 16,
    1919; Pennsylvania, June 24, 1919; Massachusetts, June 25, 1919; Texas,
    June 28, 1919; Iowa, July 2, 1919; Missouri, July 3, 1919; Arkansas,
    July 28, 1919; Montana, August 2, 1919; Nebraska, August 2, 1919;
    Minnesota, September 8, 1919; New Hampshire, September 10, 1919; Utah,
    October 2, 1919; California, November 1, 1919; Maine, November 5, 1919;
    North Dakota, December 1, 1919; South Dakota, December 4, 1919;
    Colorado, December 15, 1919; Kentucky, January 6, 1920; Rhode Island,
    January 6, 1920; Oregon, January 13, 1920; Indiana, January 16, 1920;
    Wyoming, January 27, 1920; Nevada, February 7, 1920; New Jersey,
    February 9, 1920; Idaho, February 11, 1920; Arizona, February 12, 1920;
    New Mexico, February 21, 1920; Oklahoma, February 28, 1920; West
    Virginia, March 10, 1920; Washington, March 22, 1920; Tennessee, August
    28, 1920. Ratification was completed on August 28, 1920. The amendment
    was subsequently ratified by Connecticut, September 14, 1920 (and that
    State reaffirmed on September 21, 1920); Vermont, February 8, 1921;
    Delaware, March 6, 1923 (after having rejected the amendment on June 2,
    1920); Maryland, March 29, 1941 (after having rejected the amendment on
    February 24, 1920; ratification certified February 25, 1958); Virginia,
    February 21, 1952 (after having rejected the amendment February 12,
    1920); Alabama, September 8, 1953 (after having rejected the amendment
    September 22, 1919); Florida, May 13, 1969; South Carolina, July 1, 1969
    (after having rejected the amendment on January 28, 1920); Georgia,
    February 20, 1970 (after having rejected the amendment on July 24,
    1919); Louisiana, June 11, 1970 (after having rejected it on July 1,
    1920); North Carolina, May 6, 1971; Mississippi, March 22, 1984 (after
    having rejected the amendment on March 29, 1920).

      Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate
    legislation.