March 1961 - March 29, 1961 (Wednesday)

March 29, 1961 (Wednesday)

• The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections. With at least 3/4ths of the 50 states needed to ratify the amendment New Hampshire became the 37th state to approve the measure at 1:01 pm. Thirteen minutes later in Topeka, the Kansas House of Representatives, in a hastily-called session, made that state the 38th. Arkansas was the only state to reject the proposal, which gave the District 3 electoral votes starting with the 1964 election.