| 1845- |
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Texas becomes 28th state.
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| 1893- |
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Texas Equal Suffrage Association formed.
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| 1896- |
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Plessy v. Ferguson decision upholds Texas Jim Crow laws, including restrictions on black voting rights.
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| 1914- |
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Suffrage bill defeated in state legislature.
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| 1917- |
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Anti-suffrage Governor James P. Ferguson impeached.
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| 1918- |
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Texas women win the right to vote in state primaries and political conventions.
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| 1919- |
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Texas legislature ratifies 19th Amendment, the ninth state in the nation to ratify. |
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