1914 Missouri Amendment 13 was a proposed amendment to the 1875 Constitution of Missouri to grant women the right to vote. The ballot measure, which was initiated by the Missouri Equal Suffrage League, was unsuccessful, receiving the support of 13 of the state's 114 counties, and 36.11% of the vote.

Background The Missouri Equal Suffrage League was the campaign which initiated the measure. After a year-long "vigorous campaign," the group, on June 27, 1914, filed the needed signatures for placing the amendment on the ballot with Secretary of State Cornelius Roach at a ceremony in Jefferson City. The number of signatures submitted, around 31,000, was considered "a large excess over the required number." The amendment, which was the first submitted by initiative that year, had its signatures presented in white pasteboard boxes, which were wrapped in tissue paper and tied with yellow silk ribbon.

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Contents The amendment, which was decided by voters alongside the 1914 Missouri elections on November 3, 1914, had the following information shown to voters for it:Thirteenth Proposition.

Proposed by Initiative Petition.

Constitutional Amendment.

Providing that females shall have the same right to vote at all elections held within this state as males.

An act to amend article VIII of the Constitution of the state of Missouri by adding thereto a new section to be known as section 2a, extending the right of suffrage to women.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Missouri:

Section 1. That article VIII of the Constitution of the state of Missouri be and the same hereby is amended by adding thereto a new section to be known as section 2a, and reading as follows:

Section 2a. Females shall hereafter have the same right, under the same conditions, to vote at all elections held in this state, as males now have or may hereafter have.

Yes

No

Results 13 counties voted in favor, and 101 voted against. The independent city of St. Louis voted against. The highest level of support for the amendment came from Harrison County, with 68.40% in favor, and the lowest level came from Perry County, with 10.88% in favor.

The following table details the results by county of the amendment: +Results by countyCountyYesNo#%#%Adair1,64845.981,93654.02Andrew1,39046.611,59253.39Atchison1,21249.511,23650.49Audrain1,29934.632,45265.37Barry1,26537.552,10462.45Barton1,12143.961,42956.04Bates1,95646.212,27753.79Benton74731.141,65268.86Bollinger35214.952,00285.05Boone2,06240.013,09259.99Buchanan4,71244.475,88555.53Butler1,37044.441,71355.56Caldwell1,30446.001,53154.00Callaway1,42233.022,88466.98Camden52234.7598065.25Cape Girardeau1,31728.203,35471.80Carroll2,32250.482,27849.52Carter23934.0046466.00Cass1,64346.041,92653.96Cedar92836.941,58463.06Chariton1,16035.632,09664.37Christian78645.0795854.93Clark1,06638.721,68761.28Clay1,30942.761,75257.24Clinton1,01249.981,01350.02Cole86521.033,24878.97Cooper95022.533,26677.47Crawford54529.351,31270.65Dade1,12541.731,57158.27Dallas47128.481,18371.52Daviess1,29639.511,98460.49DeKalb1,07745.581,28654.42Dent52227.901,34972.10Douglas70041.5298658.48Dunklin1,67353.791,43746.21Franklin91619.803,71080.20Gasconade27513.001,84087.00Gentry1,67851.071,60848.93Greene4,03141.375,71358.63Grundy1,76657.641,29842.36Harrison2,45768.401,13531.60Henry1,65841.712,31758.29Hickory46740.5468559.46Holt1,32549.421,35650.58Howard1,04738.681,66061.32Howell1,11340.641,62659.36Iron34031.4274268.58Jackson19,25649.0420,00950.96Jasper5,68052.445,15247.56Jefferson1,13025.993,21774.01Johnson1,83541.632,57358.37Knox93538.151,51661.85Laclede91129.592,16870.41Lafayette1,84032.993,73867.01Lawrence1,89944.532,36655.47Lewis88635.531,60864.47Lincoln78129.891,83270.11Linn2,40651.862,23348.14Livingston1,80645.842,13454.16McDonald76041.081,09058.92Macon1,66037.262,79562.74Madison38526.501,06873.50Maries27318.831,17781.17Marion1,62637.742,68262.26Mercer1,13659.6676840.34Miller70326.331,96773.67Mississippi67845.4181554.59Moniteau72727.411,92572.59Monroe93329.532,22770.47Montgomery79025.182,34774.82Morgan47719.611,95580.39New Madrid82750.6780549.33Newton1,61943.762,08156.24Nodaway2,57650.472,52849.53Oregon55834.301,06965.70Osage47719.271,99880.73Ozark42632.5788267.43Pemiscot1,01250.6598649.35Perry29910.882,44889.12Pettis2,80845.363,38354.64Phelps62226.881,69273.12Pike1,50938.392,42261.61Platte83738.251,35161.75Polk1,00731.872,15368.13Pulaski53333.021,08166.98Putnam1,03245.641,22954.36Ralls61232.891,24967.11Randolph1,61535.312,95964.69Ray1,43041.632,00558.37Reynolds40237.2967662.71Ripley70043.1092456.90St. Charles58715.193,27784.81St. Clair98537.021,67662.98St. Francois2,13650.282,11249.72Ste. Genevieve25015.261,38884.74St. Louis4,37533.208,80466.80St. Louis City26,60423.9684,43176.04Saline1,66838.212,69761.79Schuyler66840.8196959.19Scotland77942.501,05457.50Scott1,20145.001,46855.00Shannon58743.1677356.84Shelby81633.931,58966.07Stoddard1,37542.111,89057.89Stone71048.7374751.27Sullivan1,65247.541,82352.46Taney31738.3351061.67Texas93534.041,81265.96Vernon1,76341.582,47758.42Warren34620.461,34579.54Washington55835.341,02164.66Wayne71735.781,28764.22Webster70323.412,30076.59Worth80855.5364744.47Wright84230.771,89469.23Total182,25736.11322,46363.89

Later events

Federal On July 3, 1919, Missouri became the 11 state to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which granted the right of suffrage to women nationwide. The measure proposing ratification, which was introduced by State Representative Walter E. Bailey, was agreed to by the state house on July 2 in a 125–9 vote. On July 3, the state senate voted in favor with 28 in support, three opposed, one absent, and one not voting.

State On November 7, 1922, Missouri voters approved Amendment 2, which formally removed text from the state constitution requiring voters to be "male". The removal of such language was a formality.

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