While seeking to amend the U.S. Constitution, the women’s suffrage movement also waged a state-by-state campaign. The territory of Wyoming was the first to give women the vote in 1869. Other western states and territories followed.

States granting women the right to vote prior to the 19th Amendment:

Full Voting Rights before 19th Amendment and before statehood

Territory of Wyoming 1869

Territory of Utah 1870

Territory of Washington 1883

Territory of Montana 1887

Territory of Alaska 1913

Could vote for President prior to the 19th Amendment

Illinois 1913

Nebraska 1917

Ohio 1917

Indiana 1917

North Dakota 1917

Rhode Island 1917

Iowa 1919

Maine 1919

Minnesota 1919

Missouri 1919

Tennessee 1919

Wisconsin 1919

Gained Voting Rights after the passage:

Vermont

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Connecticut

Pennsylvania

New Jersey

Delaware

Maryland

West Virginia

Virginia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Alabama

Florida

Mississippi

Louisiana

Arkansas

Texas

New Mexico

Kentucky