58 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

ing to a proclamation of the Secretary of State dated 25th the
of September, 1804.

The thirteenth article was submitted to the legislatures of the
several States, there being then thirty-six States, by a resolution
of Congress passed on the 1st of February, 1865, at the second
session of the Thirty-eighth Congress, and was ratified, accord-
ing to a proclamation of the Secretary of State dated December
18, 1865, by the legislatures of the following States :

Illinois, February 1, 1865.

Rhode Island, February 2, 1865.

Michigan, February 2, 1865.

Maryland, February' 3, 1865.

New York, February 3, 1865.

West Virginia, February 3, 1865.

Maine, February 7, 1865.

Kansas, February 7, 1865.

Massachusetts, February 8, 1865.

Pennsylvania, February 8, 1865.

Virginia, February 9, 1865.

Ohio, February 10, 1865,

Missouri, February 10, 1865.

Indiana, February 16, 1865.

Nevada, February 16, 1865.

Louisiana, February 17, 1865.

Minnesota, February 23, 1865.

Wisconsin, March 1, 1865.

Vermont, March 9, 1865.

Tennessee, April 7, 1865.

Arkansas, April 20, 1865.

Connecticut, May 5, 1865.

New Hampshire, July 1, 1865.

South Carolina, November 13, 1865.

Alabama, December 2, 1865.

North Carolina, December 4, 1865.

Georgia, December 9, 1865.

The following States not enumerated in the proclamation of
the Secretary of State also ratified this amendment:
Oregon, December 11, 1865.
California, December 20, 1865.
Florida, December 28, 1865.
New Jersey, January 23, 1866.
Iowa, January 24, 1866.
Texas, February 18, 1870.