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Suffrage Statistics
Anna Howard Shaw, 1915

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From: Anna Howard Shaw. The Story of a Pioneer. 1915.
Statistics are from about 1915.

SUFFRAGE STATUS

FULL SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN                                                            
                                Number of                     
State           Year Won    Electoral Votes                   
Wyoming          1869             3                            
Colorado         1893             6                            
Idaho            1896             4                            
Utah             1896             4                            
Washington       1910             7                            
California       1911            13                            
Arizona          1912             3                            
Kansas           1912            10                            
Oregon           1912             5                            
Alaska           1913            --                            
Nevada           1914             3                            
Montana          1914             4                            
                                                                  
PRESIDENTIAL AND MUNICIPAL SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN                 
                                Number of                     
State           Year Won    Electoral Votes                   
                                                              
Illinois        1913            29                            
                                                                                                                            
STATES WHERE AMENDMENT HAS PASSED ONE LEGISLATURE AND         
MUST PASS ANOTHER                                                                                                    
                                    Goes to     of Elec-      
State           House       Senate  Voters      toral Votes   
Iowa            81-26       31-15   1916            13        
Massachusetts   169-39      34-2    1915            18        
New Jersey      49-4        15-3    1915            14        
New York        125-5       40-2    1915            45        
North Dakota    77-29       31-19   1916             5        
Pennsylvania    131-70      26-22   1915            38        

 

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