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Granting franchise

to women

ARTICLE XIX

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. Congress shall have power to

enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Article XIX was passed by Congress June 4, 1919. The secretary of state of the United States announced the amendment valid as part of the constitution August 26, 1920. Tennessee was the thirty-sixth state to ratify, which it did on August 24, 1920. Thirty-eight states ratified. The states that did not ratify are Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

INDEX TO CONSTITUTION OF UNITED STATES

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Acts, records and judicial proceedings of each state, entitled to faith and credit in other states... 435
Amendments to the constitution, how made..

435

Appropriations by law. See Treasury...

431

Attainder, bill of, prohibited..

431

Attainder, of treason, shall not work corruption of blood or forfeiture, except during the life of
the person attainted......

435

Bills for raising revenue, shall originate in the house of representatives..

429

Before they become laws, shall be passed by both houses and approved by the president; or, if
disapproved, shall be passed by two-thirds of each house................

429

Not returned in ten days, unless an adjournment intervene, shall be considered as approved.. 430

Capitation tax. See Tax....

431

Census, or enumeration, to be made every ten years..

427

Claims of the United States, or of the several states, not to be prejudiced by any construction of
the constitution

436

Citizens of each state shall be entitled to the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several
states

435

Of the United States, all persons born in or naturalized are, amendment Article XIV.
Commerce, regulations respecting, to be equal and uniform..

441

430

Congress, power to enforce laws against slavery, amendment Article XIII.

441

Power to secure the right to vote to every citizen, irrespective of race or color, 15th amend-
ment....

442

Vested with legislative power..

427

May alter the regulations of state legislatures concerning elections of senators and repre-
sentatives, except as to place of choosing senators...

428

Shall assemble once every year...----

428

May provide for cases of removal of president and vice-president....

433

May determine the time of choosing electors of president and vice-president...

432

May invest the appointment of inferior officers in the president alone, in the courts of law, or
the heads of departments..

433

May from time to time establish courts inferior to the supreme court.........
May (with one limitation) declare the punishment of treason................

434

434

May prescribe the manner of proving the acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each state. 435
The assent of, required to the formation of a new state within the jurisdiction of any other,
or by the junction of two or more....

435

May propose amendments to the constitution, or, on application, call a convention

435

The assent of, required to the admission of new states into the Union...

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To coin money, regulate the value of coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures
To punish counterfeiting..........

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To define and punish piracies, felonies on the high seas, and offenses against the laws of the
nations.....

430

To declare war, grant letters of marque, and make rules concerning captures.

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To exercise exclusive legislation over ten miles square

To pass laws necessary to carry the enumerated powers into effect.

430

431

To dispose of and make rules concerning the territory and other property of the United States 431

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Constitution, formed by the people of the United States, preamble.

427

How amended....

And the laws under it, and treaties, declared to be the supreme law..
Rendered operative by the ratification of the conventions of nine states...
Conventions, for proposing amendments to the constitution..
Court, supreme, its original and appellate jurisdiction.

435

436

436

435

434

Courts, inferior to the supreme court, may be ordained by Congress.
Crimes, persons accused of fleeing from justice, may be demanded.

434

435

441 431 On imports and exports imposed by state shall inure to the treasury of the United States.... 432 Elections, of senators and representatives, shall be prescribed by the state legislatures, as to time, place, and manner.....

Debts, against the confederation to be valid against the United States under this constitution.... 436 Of states in rebellion, prohibition against payment by United States or any state, 14th amendment

Duties on exports between states prohibited...

428

429

Qualifications and returns of members of Congress to be determined by each house... Electors, presidential, prohibition to certain persons as, who have been engaged in the rebellion, 14th amendment

Electors of president and vice-president, how chosen, and their duties.

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No senator or representative holding office under the United States shall serve as. Enumeration. See Census...--

432

427

Executive power shall be vested in a president. See President..

432

Exports. See Tax.

And imports, duties are by states, to be payable into the treasury of the United States. Ex post facto law, none shall be passed

432

431

Female suffrage, amendment Article XIX

444

Habeas corpus, writ of, can only be suspended in cases of rebellion or invasion......
House of representatives. See Representatives.

431

House.

See Senate.

Impeachment, all civil officers liable to..

Persons found guilty by, liable to indictment and punishment for the offense...
Importation of slaves, until prohibited, a duty authorized on after 1808...

434

428

431

Judges shall hold their offices during good behavior.....

434

The compensation of, shall not be diminished during continuance in office.
Judicial power, vested in a supreme court and courts inferior...
The cases to which it extends.....

434

434

434

Judicial proceedings, records and acts of each state are entitled to faith and credit in every other state...

435

Jury trial shall be held in the state where the crime shall have been committed..

434

If a crime has not been committed within a state, the trial shall be held at the place Congress shall have directed.

434

Jury, trial by, secured, in prosecutions for all crimes, except in cases of impeachment.....

434

And in suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, 7th amendment

439

Law, supreme, the constitution, the laws under it, and treaties declared to be..
Legislative powers, vested in Congress. See Congress..........

436

437

Money, shall be drawn from the treasury only by appropriations..

431

Nobility, titles of, shall not be granted by the United States...

431

Officers of the senate, except the president, shall be chosen by the senate..
Civil, may be removed by impeachment.

431

434

Orders of one house, requiring the concurrence of the other. See Resolution...

430

Persons held to labor or service, their importation or immigration into the United States may be prohibited after 1808 .....

431

Persons escaping from one state into another shall be delivered up to those entitled to service.... 435

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Powers not delegated are reserved to the people, or when not prohibited to the states..
10th amendment

440

440

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Presents, emoluments, office, or title from a foreign king, prince, to persons holding offices of profit
or trust, prohibited..

Presidential electors, prohibition as to having engaged in the rebellion, 14th amendment.
President of the United States, vested with executive power, shall be chosen for four years..
How elected..

Qualifications for..

Compensation of

Shall take oath of office

May be removed by impeachment..

President of the United States, powers of--

Shall be commander-in-chief of army and navy.

May require the written opinions of the heads of departments.

434

431

441

432

432

432

433

433

434

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433

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In case of death, etc., office devolves on the vice-president and on such other officer as may be
provided by law.

433

Privileges and immunities of citizens of states. See Citizens.

Prohibition, article concerning.....

443

Property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation, 5th amendment...
Public debt, created by rebellion, validity not to be questioned, 14th amendment

439

441

Quorum, what shall be for business.....

429

of states, in choosing a president by the house of representatives..

440

Receipts and expenditures, accounts to be published.

431

Rebellion, certain rights lost by citizens engaged in, 14th amendment..

442

Rebellion, states in, public debt, prohibition against payment, by the United States or any state.
14th amendment

442

Records. See Judicial Proceedings...

435

Representatives, house of, composed of members chosen every second year..

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Shall be the judges of the returns, elections and qualifications of members..
What shall be a quorum of....

429

429

A smaller number may adjourn, and compel the attendance of absentees..
May determine rules of proceeding..

429

429

May punish or expel a member...

429

Shall keep a journal, and publish the same, except parts requiring secrecy..
Shall not adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place without the consent of the
Senate

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Privileged from arrest during attendance, and in going and returning, except in certain cases. 429
Shall not be questioned elsewhere for any speech or debate in the house......

429

Shall not be appointed to the office created, or whose compensation has been increased, during
the time for which they are elected..

429

Representatives, house of, members of-

Can, while serving, hold no other office under the United States..

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429

Shall not serve as primary electors of president.

432

Representatives and direct tax apportioned according to numbers..

427

Representation of a state, vacancies in, supplied until a new election by the executive authority
thereof...

427

Resolution, order, or vote, requiring the concurrence of both houses (except for an adjournment)
shall be presented to the president, and undergo the formalities of bills...

430

Revenue. See Vessels.

Rights of the citizen declared to be-

Liberty of conscience in matters of religion.

Freedom of speech and of the press..

To assemble and petition..

To keep and bear arms..

To his home against soldiers

To be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures..

As to offenses charged or committed...

As to private property..

Speedy public trial.

In suits at common law

As to cruel or unusual punishment.

As to enumerated rights and retained rights.

No state shall deny equal rights to any person within its jurisdiction, 14th amendment..

To vote at any election, 14th amendment.

To vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition, 15th
amendment

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438

438

438

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439

439

439

439

439

440

441

441

442

Rules, each house shall determine its own..

429

Senate of the United States composed of two senators from each state.

428

Classed, and terms of service..

Election of by people, amendment Article XVII

428

443

A smaller number may adjourn and compel attendance of absentees.
May determine its rules..

Qualification of members, thirty years of age, nine years a citizen, and an inhabitant of the
state

Shall choose their officers, except the president of the senate...

Shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of members...

What number shall be a quorum.-----

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Shall keep a journal, and publish the same, except parts requiring secrecy

429

One-fifth of present may require the yeas and nays...

Shall not adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other place, without the consent of
the other house...

429

429

May propose amendments to bills for raising revenue..

429

Shall try impeachments....

428

Their judgments only to extend to removal from office, and to disqualify for any other....
Members may receive a compensation to be ascertained by law

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Senators, prohibition as to having engaged in the rebellion, 14th amendment..

442

Shall not be questioned elsewhere for any speech or debate in the house...

429

Shall not be appointed to offices of the United States, created, or whose emoluments shall have
been increased during the terms for which they were elected..

429

Senators and representatives, election of, how prescribed..

428

Slavery, or involuntary servitude, prohibited, amendment Article XIII..

441

Slaves. See Persons Held to Service.

Slaves, claims for payment on account of emancipation declared illegal and void, 14th amendment.. 442
Speaker, how chosen...

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