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13th Amendment Timeline

By patsycat

  • Civil War Begins

    Civil War Begins

  • Emancipation Proclamation was signed

  • Illinois ratify 13th Amendment first

  • 13th Amendment passed by Senate Committee

  • 13th Amendment passed by Senate Committee

  • First House vote on 13th Amendment (Failed)

  • Senate passes 13th Amendment

  • Second House vote on 13th Amendment (Failed)

  • Re-election of President Lincoln

  • House passes 13th Amendment

  • Illinois is first to ratify 13th Amendment

  • Civil War Ends

  • President Lincoln assassinated

  • Georgia ratifies 13 Amendment

    Completes 3/4 states requirement

  • 13th Amendment declared officially ratified

  • Kentucky ratifies 13th Amendment

  • Mississippi ratifies the 13th Amendment

  • Mississippi submits to U.S. Archivist

    Althought Mississippi had approved the 13th Amendment, they never submitted it to the U.S. Archivist

  • U.S. Archivist Makes Mississippi ratification official