TENNESSEE HOUSE SPEAKER MAKES PLAY TO REVERSE RATIFICATION OF SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
Nashville, Tennessee (JFK+50) On August 20, 1920, two days after the Tennessee House of Representatives passed the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, Speaker Seth Walker made a motion to adjourn until Monday. The Speaker had changed his 'Nay' vote of the 18th to 'Aye' to enable reconsideration and possible reversal of ratification of the amendment within a two day period.
Having failed to secure the necessary votes to reverse, the Speaker made a play on the 20th to adjourn in order to have more time to get those votes. His play did not work, however, because the House only agreed for a one day adjournment.
David Dismore writes...
"Once the motion to reconsider is disposed of, there can be no further action on suffrage by the Tennessee house."
SOURCE
"August 20, 1920," by David Dismore, Turning Point, Suffragist Memorial, www.suffragistmemorial.org/
Tennessee Woman Suffrage Memorial
Knoxville, TN
June 16, 2008
Photo by John White
