Petition from the Citizens of Massachusetts in Support of Woman Suffrage
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.
In Congress Assembled:
The undersigned, citizens of the United States, Residents of the State of Massachusetts, County of Essex, City of Salem, earnestly pray your Honorable Body to submit to the several States the following Amendment to the National Constitution, now pending in Congress (Senate Resolution No. 55, House Resolution No. 175)
Article 16
Sec. 1. The right of suffrage in the United States shall be based on citizenship, and 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, or for any reason not equally applicable to all citizens of the United States.
Sec. 2. Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
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46 Cong
2 Seas
Two petitions from residents of Massachusetts praying for an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting any abridgement of suffrage on account of sex.
1880, May 26th, Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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