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AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE U. S. 19
eighth Congress, and was ratified, according to a proclamation of the
Secretary of State dated December 18, 1865, by the legislatures of the
following States:
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Illinois, February 1, 1865.
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Nevada, February 16, 1865.
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Rhode Island, February 2, 1865.
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Louisiana, February 17, 1865.
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Michigan, February 2, 1865.
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Minnesota, February 23, 1865.
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Maryland, February 3, 1865.
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Wisconsin, March 1, 1865.
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New York, February 3, 1865.
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Vermont, March 9, 1865.
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West Virginia, February 3, 1865.
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Tennessee, April 7, 1865.
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Maine, February 7, 1865.
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Arkansas, April 20, 1865.
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Kansas, February 7, 1865.
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Connecticut, May 5, 1865.
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Massachusetts, February 8, 1865.
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New Hampshire, July 1, 1865.
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Pennsylvania, February 8, 1865.
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South Carolina, November 13, 1865.
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Virginia, February 9, 1865.
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Alabama, December 2, 1865.
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Ohio, February 10, 1865.
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North Carolina, December 4, 1865.
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Missouri, February 10, 1865.
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Georgia, December 9, 1865.
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Indiana, February 16, 1865.
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The following States not enumerated in the proclamation of the Secre-
tary of State also ratified this amendment:
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Oregon, December 11, 1865.
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New Jersey, January 23, 1866.
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California, December 20, 1865.
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Iowa, January 24, 1866.
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Florida, December 28, 1865.
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Texas, February 18, 1870.
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The fourteenth article was submitted to the legislatures of the several
States, there being then thirty-seven States, by a resolution of Congress
passed on the 16th of June, 1866, at the first session of the Thirty-ninth
Congress, and was ratified, according to a proclamation of the Secretary of
State dated July 28. 1868. by the legislatures of the following States:
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Connecticut, June 30, 1866.
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Minnesota, February 1, 1867.
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New Hampshire, July 7, 1866.
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Rhode Island, February 7, 1867.
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Tennessee, July 19, 1866.
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Wisconsin, February 13, 1867.
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1 New Jersey, September 11, 1866.
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Pennsylvania, February 13, 1867.
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2 Oregon, September 19, 1866.
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Michigan, February 15, 1867.
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Vermont, November 9, 1866.
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Massachusetts, March 20, 1867.
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New York, January 10, 1867.
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Nebraska, June 15, 1867.
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3 Ohio, January 11, 1867.
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Iowa, April 3, 1868.
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Illinois, January 15, 1867.
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Arkansas, April 6, 1868.
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West Virginia, January 16, 1867.
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Florida, June 9, 1868.
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Kansas, January 18, 1867.
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4 North Carolina, July 4, 1868.
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Maine, January 19, 1867.
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Louisiana, July 9, 1868.
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Nevada, January 22, 1867.
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4 South Carolina, July 9, 1868.
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Missouri, January 26, 1867.
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Alabama, July 13, 1868.
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Indiana, January 29, 1867.
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4 Georgia, July 21, 1868.
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5 The State of Virginia ratified this amendment on the 8th of October,
1869, subsequent to the date of the proclamation of the Secretary of State.
1 New Jersey withdrew her consent to the ratification in April, 1868.
2 Oregon withdrew her consent to the ratification October 15, 1868.
3 Ohio withdrew her consent to the ratification in January, 1868.
4 North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia had previously rejected the amend-
ment.
5 Virginia had previously rejected the amendment.
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