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ErikJ

(6,335 posts)
13. Wiki says Wilson appealed the House for the 19th. The conservative Dixiecrats all opposed it.
Mon Jun 11, 2012, 02:53 PM
Jun 2012


Nineteenth Amendment-Wikipedia



Many groups were opposed to women's suffrage at the time.
On January 12, 1915, a suffrage bill was brought before the House of Representatives but was defeated by a vote of 204 to 174. Another bill was brought before the House on January 10, 1918. On the evening before, President Wilson made a strong and widely published appeal to the House to pass the bill. It was passed by two-thirds of the House, with only one vote to spare. The vote was then carried into the Senate. Again President Wilson made an appeal, but on September 30, 1918, the amendment fell two votes short of passage.[citation needed] On February 10, 1919, it was again voted upon, and then it was lost by only one vote.[citation needed]
There was considerable anxiety among politicians of both parties to have the amendment passed and made effective before the general elections of 1920, so the President called a special session of Congress, and a bill, introducing the amendment, was brought before the House again. On May 21, 1919, it was passed, 42 votes more than necessary being obtained. On June 4, 1919, it was brought before the Senate, and after a long discussion it was passed, with 56 ayes and 25 nays. Within a few days, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan ratified the amendment, their legislatures being then in session. 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 26, 1920, Tennessee narrowly ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, making it the law throughout the United States.[62]
Nearly twenty years later Maryland ratified the amendment in 1941. After another ten years, in 1952, Virginia ratified the nineteenth amendment, followed by Alabama in 1953.[63] After another 16 years Florida and South Carolina passed the necessary votes to ratify in 1969, followed two years later by Georgia[64] and Louisiana in 1970[65] in 1971.
Mississippi did not ratify the nineteenth amendment until 1984, sixty four years after the law was enacted nationally.[66]
Watch The West Wing reruns regularly, elleng Jun 2012 #1
Got all seven seasons on DVD. SnowCritter Jun 2012 #2
That was just about the only thing that got us through the bush2 years. calimary Jun 2012 #21
STILL counts in MY house! elleng Jun 2012 #22
And at ours as well! calimary Jun 2012 #34
Like LO, I've NEVER been anything but proud to be a Liberal. nt patrice Jun 2012 #3
Beautiful!! I am going to copy this and put it on my Facebook page adigal Jun 2012 #4
Thanks FourScore, dreampunk Jun 2012 #5
I posted it, too Rainngirl Jun 2012 #6
thanks,,just posted it on my facebook page Douglas Carpenter Jun 2012 #7
Thanks, now it's on my page too. Faux pas Jun 2012 #8
Love this amuse bouche Jun 2012 #9
I think it involves a "right-click" on the photo and then a small window opens up and calimary Jun 2012 #24
Hmmm. Thats not entirely true. Indydem Jun 2012 #10
Wiki says Wilson appealed the House for the 19th. The conservative Dixiecrats all opposed it. ErikJ Jun 2012 #13
From Wiki on Women's Suffrage Indydem Jun 2012 #14
He didnt say Republicans or Dems-he said Libs and Cons--The Dixiecrats were VERY Conservative ErikJ Jun 2012 #15
Dixicrats were not Democrats jeff47 Jun 2012 #17
See above post-Dixiecrats were social conservative Democrats until they switched to GOP in 6 ErikJ Jun 2012 #19
Republicans were the liberals at one time, believe it or not JJ Jun 2012 #27
The Dixiecrats were conservative, NOLALady Jun 2012 #37
Liberals wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. lastlib Jun 2012 #11
That's why I've always been proud to be a liberal, because the other side is so ignorant. freshwest Jun 2012 #12
Not to mention they created the United States of America. Kablooie Jun 2012 #16
Today's conservatives want to create a country called "Amercia" Pool Hall Ace Jun 2012 #18
I like LO's MSNBC promo quote about thE GI Bill which the GOP called Welfare. ErikJ Jun 2012 #20
Here's the video of Lawrence's GI BILL promo ad Tx4obama Jun 2012 #32
Wise Man! Here's President Obama on the G. I. Bill Of Rights DianaForRussFeingold Jun 2012 #35
I refuse to be told that "liberal" is a dirty word. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #23
Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team) Ashley96 Jun 2012 #25
I totally stole this and posted it. YellowRubberDuckie Jun 2012 #26
Posted on my page! calimary Jun 2012 #28
I can't stand watching Lawrence, but this is a great quote. tblue Jun 2012 #29
"It's not Uncle Fluffy!" Pab Sungenis Jun 2012 #30
Here's the VIDEO from West Wing that contains the quote that's up in the OP Tx4obama Jun 2012 #31
<Right Click>.... "Save Image As" KeepItReal Jun 2012 #33
Great post, Thx, n/t Tripod Jun 2012 #36
Great Quote eaglesfanintn Jun 2012 #38
"Like" I agree! We're all in this together! DianaForRussFeingold Jun 2012 #39
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