ratification
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Only by skillfully uniting the two groups—made easier to achieve by President Woodrow Wilson’s refusal to compromise—was Lodge able to prevent ratification and mark himself as a leader of consequence.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Black voting rights proved critical to the ratification of the 14th and 15th amendments.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
It will be sent to its members for ratification next week.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
If proposed by two-thirds votes of both congressional chambers, this amendment would then go to the states for ratification.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
One woman, Charlotte Woodward Pierce, signed the Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 and lived long enough to see the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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