An Act in Relation to Female Suffrage
An Act in Relation to Female Suffrage.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Washington, That hereafter no female shall have the right of ballot or vote at any poll or election precinct in this Territory, until the Congress of the United States of America shall, by direct legislation upon the same, declare the same to be the supreme law of the land.
Sec. 2. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
Passed the House of Representatives November 25, 1871.
J. J. H. Van Bokkelen,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Passed the Council November 29, 1871.
H. A. Smith,
President of the Council.
Approved November 29, 1871.
Edward S. Salomon,
Governor of Washington Territory.
- Title
- An Act in Relation to Female Suffrage
- Description
- This act in Washington Territory specifically denied women the right to vote. Women were given the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment, nearly 50 years later.
- Date
- 1871-11-29
- Legal Concept
- Voting Rights
- Subject
- Women
- Document Type
- Legal Code
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Bibliographic Citation
- Statutes of the Territory of Washington, Made and Passed at a Session of the Legislative Assembly Begun and Held at Olympia on the Second Day of October, 1871, and Ended on the Thirtieth Day of November, 1871. Olympia: Prosch & McElroy, 1871.
- Title
- An Act in Relation to Female Suffrage
- Description
- This act in Washington Territory specifically denied women the right to vote. Women were given the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment, nearly 50 years later.
- Date
- 1871-11-29
- Legal Concept
- Voting Rights
- Subject
- Women
- Document Type
- Legal Code
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Bibliographic Citation
- Statutes of the Territory of Washington, Made and Passed at a Session of the Legislative Assembly Begun and Held at Olympia on the Second Day of October, 1871, and Ended on the Thirtieth Day of November, 1871. Olympia: Prosch & McElroy, 1871.