USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He is best remembered for action taken to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment during his first term in the legislature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some anti-suffrage legislators even fled the state in an attempt to prevent a quorum in the General Assembly. Their efforts failed, and on August 24, 1920, Governor Albert H. Roberts certified Tennessee’s ratification of the 19th Amendment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wells and Alice Paul led to the passage of the 19th Amendment. Signed into law on August 26, 1920, the passage of the 19th Amendment was the result of decades of work by tens of thousands across the country who worked for change.

Detailed explanation-4: -The suffrage movement had found a way to get Congress to approve the proposed 19th Amendment, with the endorsement of outgoing President Woodrow Wilson (who hadn’t supported it until it became needed as part of the war effort). By the middle of 1920, a total of 35 states had voted to ratify the amendment.

Detailed explanation-5: -Vice President Thomas Marshall, flanked by suffragists, signs the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in the Vice President’s ceremonial office in the Capitol. Upon Tennessee’s approval on August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified.