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Registration and Election Laws of Maryland. Including All Amendments Thereto and Including the Acts of the Extra Session of the General Assembly of 1917; Also Containing the Primary Election Law, the Senatorial Primary Law, and the Corrupt Practices Law (Annapolis, 1917).
Massachusetts
A Compilation of the Laws in Force Relating to Elections: Containing the Act of 1874, Chapter 376, in Which Were Incorporated the Provisions of the Several Acts Relating to Elections Passed Since the General Statutes; and the Other Acts Relating to Elections Passed in 1874, 1875 and 1876; Together with the Provisions of the General Statutes Relating to Elections Which Remain in Force (Boston, 1876).
Laws Relating to Elections (Boston, 1893).
Massachusetts, General Laws, ch. 376, sec. 12 (1874).
Plane, Ann Marie, and Gregory Button, “The Massachusetts Indian Enfranchisement Act: Ethnic Contest in Historical Context, 1849-1869,” Ethnohistory 40, 4 (1993): 587-618.
Pole, Jack R., “Suffrage and Representation in Massachusetts: A Statistical Note,” William and Mary Quarterly 14 (October 1957), 560-592.
Report of the Commissioners of the Revision of the Statutes in Five Numbers (Boston, 1858).
Michigan
Cooley, Thomas, ed., The Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan, vol. 1 (Lansing, 1857).
Dorr, Harold, ed., The Michigan Constitutional Conventions of 1835-1836: Debates and Proceedings (Ann Arbor, 1940).
Journal of the Proceedings of the Convention to Form a Constitution for the State of Michigan, 1835 (Detroit, 1835).
Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan Passed at the Regular Session of 1895 (Lansing, 1895).
Minnesota
General Election Law of Minnesota, ch. 4, General Laws, 1893 (St. Paul, 1893).
Mississippi
Laws of the State of Mississippi (Jackson, 1876).
Laws of the State of Mississippi (Jackson, 1880).
McCardle, William H., and Robert Lowry, A History of Mississippi, From the Discovery of the Great River by Hernando de Soto, Including the Earliest Settlement Made by the French, Under Iberville, to the Death of Jefferson Davis ( Jackson, 1891).
Thompson, R. H., “Suffrage in Mississippi,” Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, vol. 1, ed. Franklin L. Riley (Oxford, 1898), 25-49.
Missouri
Hardin, Charles H., ed., The Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, vol. 1 (Oxford, 1856).
Journal of the Missouri State Convention, June 12, 1820 (St. Louis, 1820).
Laws of Missouri (Jefferson City, 1899).
Laws of Missouri Passed at the 49th General Assembly ( Jefferson City, 1917).
Laws of Missouri Passed at the Session of the 32nd General Assembly ( Jefferson City, 1883).
Missouri, Revised Statutes, sec. 5492 (1879).
Sullivan, John, ed., Election Laws of the State of Missouri and the Federal Naturalization Laws, 1920 (Jefferson City, 1920).
Montana
Montana, Compiled Statutes (1888).
Montana, Gen. Laws, ch. 7 (1893).
Montana, Revised Code (1915).
Yoder, A. N., ed., Election Laws of the State of Montana with Annotations (Helena, 1910).
Nebraska
Act of April 1, 1899, ch. 59, sec. 1, 1899 Neb. Laws 286.
Act of February 15, 1869, 1869 Neb. Laws 95, 103.
Act of February 28, 1883, ch. 72, sec. 2, 1883 Neb. Laws 288-290.
Act of March 1, 1881, ch. 78, 1881 Neb. Laws 331, 338-339.
Act of March 29, 1889, ch. 78, sec. 3, 1889 Neb. Laws 539, 542-544.
Nebraska, Revised Statutes, ch. 17, sec. 33 (1866).
Nebraska, General Statutes, ch. 20, sec. 29 (1873).
Nebraska, Compiled Statutes, ch. 26, sec. 3 (1881).
Laws, Joint Resolutions, and Memorials Passed by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Nebraska, 1879 (Lincoln, 1879).
Nevada
Brodigan, George, ed., Election Laws of 1916, Pamphlet (Carson City, 1915).
New Hampshire
Chase, William, and Arthur Chase, eds., The Public Statutes of the State of New Hampshire and General Laws in Force January 1, 1901 (Concord, 1900).
Laws of the State of New Hampshire (Exeter, 1815), 250.
Lyon, G. Parker, ed., The Compiled Statutes of the State of New Hampshire (Concord, 1854).
New Hampshire, General Laws, ch. 2341, sec 1 (1860).
New Hampshire Primary and Election Laws (Manchester, 1925).
The Public Laws of the State of New Hampshire, to Which is Prefixed the Constitution of New Hampshire, with a General Index (Manchester, 1925).
New Jersey
Act Relative to Bribery, ch. 399, 1871 N.J. Laws 70-71.
Constitution of the State of New Jersey, 1844 (Trenton, 1844).
Elmer, Lucius Q. C., ed., A Digest of the Laws of New Jersey, 2d ed. (Philadelphia, PA, 1855).
Pole, J. R., “The Suffrage in New Jersey, 1790-1807,” Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, vol. 71 (Edison, 1953), 39-61.
Proceedings of the New Jersey State Constitutional Convention of 1844 (Trenton, 1942).
Supplement to Act for the Punishment of Crimes, ch. 206, 1906 N.J. Laws 384-386.
Supplement to Act to Regulate Elections, ch. 291, 1866 N.J. Laws 705.
Supplement to Act to Regulate Elections, ch. 226, 1888 N.J. Laws 321.
New York
Birdseye, Clarence, Robert Cumming, and Frank Gilbert, eds., Annotated Consolidated Laws of the State of New York as Amended to January 1, 1910, Containing Also the Federal and State Constitutions with Notes of Board of Statutory Consolidation, Tables of Laws and Index, vol. 2 (New York, 1909).
Comparative View of the State Constitutions: Manual of the New York State Constitutional Convention 1846 (Albany, 1849).
The Constitution of the State of New York, November 3, 1846 (Albany, 1849).
Donnan, George, ed., The Complete Election Code of the State of New York; Containing the Ballot Reform Law, Rural Registration Act, and Other Election Laws as Are in Force in 1890, with Notes, Explanations, Forms, and Instructions (Albany, 1890).
Duer, John, et al., eds., The Revised Statutes of the State of New York (Albany, 1846).
Edmonds, John, ed., Statutes at Large of the State of New York Containing the General Statutes Passed in the Years 1863, 1864, 1865, and 1866, With a Reference to All the Decisions Upon Them, vol. 6. (New York, 1868).
Edwards, Isaac, ed., Supplement to the Fifth Edition of the Revised Statutes of the State of New York, Containing the Amendments and General Statutes Passed Since the Fifth Revision (Albany, 1863).
Gunn, L. Ray, The Decline of Authority: Public Economic Policy and Political Development in New York, 1800-1860 (Ithaca, 1988).
Journal of the Convention of the State of New York, 1846 (Albany, 1846).
Laws of the State of New York, Passed at the 95th Session of the Legislature, vol. 2. (Albany, 1872).
May, Mitchell, ed., State of New York. The Election Law Being Chapter 17 of the Consolidated Laws Containing Amendments of 1914 Together With Notes and Instructions and Political Calendar (Albany, 1914).
New York State Constitutional Convention, 1846, Documents (Albany, 1849).
North Carolina
Sanders, John L., ed., Amendments to the Constitution of North Carolina 1776-1970 (Chapel Hill, 1970).
North Dakota
Act of March 7, 1891, ch. 66, N.D. Laws 171, 180.
Con. Res., 5th Leg. (N.D. 1897).
Hall, Thomas, ed., Election Laws of the State of North Dakota (Devils Lake, 1914).
Power v. Williams, 53 N.D. 54 (1925).
Supplement to the 1913 Compiled Laws of North Dakota 1913-1925 (Rochester, 1926).
Ohio
Act of March 7, 1835, section 41, 1834 Ohio Laws 33, 41.
Act of March 20, 1841, section 25, 1840 Ohio Laws 13, 19.
Act of March 31, 1881, 1881 Ohio Laws 89-91.
Acts of a General Natu
re and Local Laws and Joint Resolutions Passed by the 52nd General Assembly of the State of Ohio (Columbus, 1857).
Bates, Clement, ed., The Annotated Revised Statutes of the State of Ohio, Including All Laws of a General Nature in Force January 1, 1900, 2d ed. (Cincinnati, 1899).
Curwen, Maskell, ed., The Public Statutes at Large of the State of Ohio: From the Close of Chase’s Statutes, February 1833 to the Present Time, vol. 1 (Cincinnati, 1853).
Daugherty, M. A., John Brasee, and George Okey, eds., The Revised Statutes and Other Acts of a General Nature of the State of Ohio in Force January 1, 1880, 2d ed. (Columbus, 1882).
Graves, Chas, ed., The Election Laws of the State of Ohio and the United States of America. Applicable to the Conduct of Elections and the Duties of Officers in Connection Therewith (Columbus, 1914).
Kinney, Charles, ed., The Election Laws of the State of Ohio and of the United States of America So Far as They Relate to the Conduct of Elections and the Duties of Officers in Connection Therewith (Columbus, 1898).
Ohio, Revised Statutes, ch. 40, sec. 71 (1860).
Patterson, Isaac F., ed., The Constitutions of Ohio (Cleveland, 1912).
Report of the Debates and Proceedings of the Convention for the Revision of the Constitution of the State of Ohio, 1850-1851, 2 vols. (Columbus, 1851).
Smith, Rufus, and Alfred Benedict, eds., The Verified Revised Statutes of the State of Ohio Including All Laws of a General Nature in Force January 1st, 1890, 4th ed. (Cincinnati, 1891).
Swan, Joseph R., ed., Statutes of the State of Ohio, of a General Nature, in Force August 1854 (Cincinnati, 1854).
Thompson, Carmi, E. M. Fullington, and U. G. Denman, The General Code of the State of Ohio (Cincinnati, 1910).
Throckmorton, Archibald, et al., eds., The General Code of the State of Ohio, Revised to 1921 (Cleveland, 1921).
Winkle, Kenneth J., The Politics of Community: Migration and Politics in Antebellum Ohio (Cambridge, 1988).
Oregon
General and Special Laws, 20th Assembly (Salem, 1898).
Kozer, Sam A., comp., State of Oregon, Constitutional Amendments Adopted and Laws Enacted by the People, 1924, Together With the General Laws, 1925 (Salem, 1925).
Olcott, Ben, ed., General Laws and Joint Resolutions and Memorials Enacted and Adopted by the 28th Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly (Salem, 1915).
Pennsylvania
Digest of the Election Laws of Pennsylvania, and an Index to the Same, Corrected to January 1, 1916, as Compiled for Smull’s Legislative Hand Book (Harrisburg, 1916).
Dunlop, James, ed., The General Laws of Pennsylvania, From the Year 1700 to April 1849, 2d ed. (Philadelphia, 1849).
Rhode Island
Election Laws of the State of Rhode Island (Providence, 1912).
Tennessee
McClure, Wallace, State Constitution-Making With Especial Reference to Tennessee (Nashville, 1916).
Shannon, R. T., ed., Annotated Code of Tennessee (Nashville, 1896).
Thompson, Seymour, and Thomas M. Steger, eds., Statutes of Tennessee (St. Louis, 1871).
Texas
Citizens Advisory Committee on Revision of the Constitution of the State of Texas, Interim Report to the Fifty-sixth Legislature and the People of Texas (n.p., 1959).
Lightfoot, Jewel, ed., The Terrell Election Law with Annotations from the Decisions of the Courts and Opinions of the Attorney General’s Department (Austin, 1910).
Moffett, Jonas W., ed., Constitution of the State of Texas (Austin, 1922).
1928 Complete Texas Statutes (Kansas City, MO, 1928).
Sayles’ Annotated Civil Statutes of the State of Texas (St. Louis, MO, 1898).
Utah
Act of April 5, 1896, ch. 130, 1896 Utah Laws 467, 480-481, 497.
Act of February 27, 1897, ch. 12, 1897 Utah Laws 25-27.
Utah, Compiled Laws Annotated (Salt Lake City, 1917).
Vermont
Martin v. Fullam, 90 Vt. 163 (1916).
Vermont, Compiled Laws, ch. 85 (1824).
Virginia
Pole, Jack R., “Representation and Authority in Virginia from the Revolution to Reform,” Journal of Southern History 24, 1 (1958): 16-50.
The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, From the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619, vol. 7 (Richmond, 1820).
Washington
Howell, I. M., ed., State of Washington. General Election Laws Including Laws for Commission Form of Government (Olympia, 1912).
West Virginia
The Election Laws of West Virginia Including “Registration Act” of 1908 and “Corrupt Practices Act of 1908” (Charleston, 1910).
Wisconsin
Act of August 21, 1848, 1848 Wis. Laws 191-192.
Cunningham, T. J., ed., The Registry and Election Laws of the State of Wisconsin with Forms and Instructions for the Use of County, City, Village and Town Officers (Madison, 1894).
Sanborn, Arthur, and John Berryman, eds., Wisconsin Statutes of 1898 (Chicago, 1898).
Wisconsin, Revised Statutes, ch. 6, sec. 2 (1849).
Wisconsin, General Laws, ch. 39, sec. 1 (1883).
Wyoming
Houx, Frank, ed., Election Laws of the State of Wyoming (Sheridan, 1911).
Primary Registration and Election Laws of the State of Wyoming In Force From and After January 21, 1891 (Cheyenne, 1891).
MULTISTATE SOURCES, TABLES A.17-A.20: SUFFRAGE RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
Evans, Taliesin, American Citizenship and the Right of Suffrage in the United States (Oakland, CA, 1892).
Flexner, Eleanor, Century of Struggle: The Woman’s Rights Movement in the United States (Cambridge, MA, 1959).
Kendrick, Lowell, and Harold P. Salisbury, eds., General Constitutional and Statutory Provisions Relative to Suffrage Published by the Legislative Reference Bureau of the Rhode Island State Library (Providence, RI, 1912).
Maule, Frances, ed., “The Blue Book,” Woman Suffrage, History, Arguments, and Results (New York, 1917).
Stapler, Martha, ed., The Woman Suffrage Yearbook 1917 (New York, 1917).
Swindler, William, ed., Sources and Documents of United States Constitutions, vols. 1-11 (Dobbs Ferry, NY, 1973-1988).
Thorpe, Francis, ed., Federal and State Constitutions, 7 vols. (Washington, DC, 1909).
STATE SOURCES, TABLES A.17-A.20
California
The Statutes of California and Amendments to the Constitution Passed at the Extra Session of the 39th Legislature, 1911 (San Francisco, 1912).
Colorado
McClees, Nelson O., ed., Colorado Election Law 1891-1893 (n.p., 1893).
Connecticut
General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of 1901 (Hartford, 1902).
State of Connecticut Election Laws (1906).
Florida
Act of June 4, 1915, ch. 6940, sec. 1, 1915 Florida Laws 312.
Act of May 12, 1915, ch. 7154, sec. 35, 1915 Florida Laws 529.
Special Acts Adopted by the Legislature of Florida, vol. 2. (Tallahassee, 1915).
Idaho
Pinkham, A. J., ed., General Election Laws of the State of Idaho, Passed at the First Session of the Legislature and Approved February 25th, 1891 (Boise City, 1891).
Illinois
Laws of the State of Illinois (Springfield, 1891).
Indiana
Roach, William, ed., Laws of the State of Indiana, Passed at the Seventy-first Regular Session of the General Assembly (Indianapolis, 1919).
Kansas
Kansas, General Statutes, ch. 92, art. 3, sec. 20 (1868).
State of Kansas, Session Laws of 1887 (Topeka, 1887).
State of Kansas Session Laws, 1909 (Topeka, 1909).
Kentucky
Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, 1912).
Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (Frankfort, 1920).
Kentucky Statutes (Louisville, 1894).
Massachusetts
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Laws Relating to Elections (Boston, 1893).
Michigan
Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan (Lansing, 1855).
Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan, 1915 (Lansing, 1915).
Michigan Reports, vol. 97 (Chicago, 1894), 188-197.
Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan (Lansing, 1875).
Public Acts of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, 1917 (Lansing, 1917).
Mississippi
Laws of the State of Mississippi (Jackson, 1878).
The Revised Code of the Statute Laws of the State of Mississippi (Jackson, 1880).
Nebraska
Laws, Resolutions and Memorials Passed by the Legislature of the State of Nebraska (Lincoln, 1917).