AMENDMENT:

praying for the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution - AUGUST 5, 3084 granting the right of suffrage to women I…

Amendment Details:

Date:

Aug. 5, 1913

Type:

Congressional Petitions

State of Origin:

Nebraska (NE)

Congress:

63rd Congress (1913-1915)

Summary:

praying for the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution - AUGUST 5, 3084 granting the right of suffrage to women I ask that the petition be referred

Text:

Mr. HITCHCOCK. I present a belated petition which I did not receive until to-day, signed by 1990 citizens of Nebraska, praying for the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution -. AUGUST 5, 3084 granting the right of suffrage to women. I ask that the petition be referred to the Committee on Woman Suffrage.

Ratification Status:

False

Chamber:

Senate

Sponsor or Proponent:

which I did not receive until to-day, signed by 1990 citizens of Nebraska

Committee of referral:

Woman Suffrage

Record Source:

Blackhawk, M., Carpenter, D., Resch, T. and Schneer, B. (2021), Congressional Representation by Petition: Assessing the Voices of the Voteless in a Comprehensive New Database, 1789ñ1949. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 46: 817-849. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12305

Cite As:

The Amendments Project, edited by Jill Lepore and Tobias Resch, 2023, https://amendmentsproject.org [Record Number p_CR-1913-0805_00016, accessed 2026-07-16]. Record Source: [Blackhawk, M., Carpenter, D., Resch, T. and Schneer, B. (2021), Congressional Representation by Petition: Assessing the Voices of the Voteless in a Comprehensive New Database, 1789ñ1949. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 46: 817-849. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12305]