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Susan B. Anthony

American women's rights activist (1820-1906)

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Jan 26, 2026

How did individual roll‑call votes on the 1919 House and Senate passages of the 19th Amendment break down by party and region?

approved the (19th) Amendment on May 21, 1919 by a large margin—commonly reported as 304 to 89 (or 304 to 90 in some accounts)—with strong Republican majorities and a mix of Democratic support and opp...

Oct 26, 2025

What were the arguments made by Democrats against the 15th Amendment in 1870?

Democrats who opposed the Fifteenth Amendment in 1870 offered a mix of constitutional, racial, and political arguments: they framed their resistance as a defense of state sovereignty and “white” polit...