RATIFICATION of 13^th AMENDMENT

The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865.

Illinois — February 1, 1865

Rhode Island — February 2, 1865

Michigan — February 3, 1865

Maryland — February 3, 1865

New York — February 3, 1865

Pennsylvania — February 3, 1865

West Virginia — February 3, 1865

Missouri — February 6, 1865

Maine — February 7, 1865

Kansas — February 7, 1865

Mass. — February 7, 1865

Virginia — February 9, 1865 

Ohio — February 10, 1865

Indiana — February 13, 1865

Nevada — February 16, 1865

Louisiana — February 17, 1865 

Minnesota — February 23, 1865

Wisconsin — February 24, 1865

Vermont — March 9, 1865

Tennessee — April 7, 1865

Arkansas — April 14, 1865 

Lincoln  Assassination - April 15, 1865

Connecticut — May 4, 1865

New Hampshire — July 1, 1865

South Carolina — Nov 13, 1865

Alabama — December 2, 1865

North Carolina — Dec 4, 1865

Georgia — Dec 6, 1865 

Having been ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several states (27 of the 36 states, including those that had been in rebellion), Secretary of State Seward, on December 18, 1865, certified that the Thirteenth Amendment had become valid, to all intents and purposes, as a part of the Constitution.

The Thirteenth Amendment was subsequently ratified by

Oregon — Dec. 8, 1865

California — Dec. 19, 1865

Florida — Dec. 28, 1865 

Iowa — January 15, 1866

New Jersey — January 23, 1866 (after rejection – March 16, 1865)

Texas — February 18, 1870 

Delaware — February 12, 1901 (after rejection – February 8, 1865)

Kentucky — March 18, 1976 (after rejection – February 24, 1865)

Mississippi — March 16, 1995; Certified – February 7, 2013 (after rejection – December 5, 1865)