[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 122, 110th Congress, 2nd Session] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] [NOTE: Oct. 2, 2008 - [H.Con.Res.378] LOUISA SWAIN DAY--SUPPORT Whereas the Wyoming Territorial Legislature passed, and Governor John A. Campbell signed into law on December 10, 1869, a measure stating, ``That every woman of the age of twenty-one years, residing in this territory, may, at every election, to be holden under the law thereof, cast her vote.''; Whereas this Suffrage Act granted women in the Wyoming Territory the right to vote with full civil and judicial equality to men; Whereas Louisa Swain, on September 6, 1870, became the Nation's first woman voter under laws guaranteeing absolute political equality to women; Whereas she cast that vote as a 70 year-old woman in the town of Laramie's municipal election; Whereas, the Laramie Daily Sentinel wrote, ``It is comforting to note that our first woman voter was really a lady . . . of the highest social standing in the community, universally beloved and respected. The scene was in the highest degree interesting [[Page 5207]] 122 STAT. 5207 and impressive. There was too much good sense in our community for any jeers or sneers to be seen on such an occasion''; Whereas this vote was inspirational to the women's suffrage movement and to the cause of civil rights; Whereas, Wyoming's statehood, in 1890, brought the codification of this suffrage right through the ratification of the new Wyoming State constitution under Article 6, section 1; Whereas, when the Congress threatened to withhold statehood from Wyoming, territory legislators replied with a telegram stating that Wyoming would remain out of the Union 100 years rather than join without women's suffrage; Whereas President Benjamin Harrison, on July 10, 1890, signed into law a bill admitting Wyoming into the Union, and recognizing it as the Nation's ``Equality State''; Whereas these actions instigated a path to the passage of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution 50 years after Louisa Swain's historical first vote; and Whereas September 6, 2008, would be an appropriate date to designate as Louisa Swain Day: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That Congress supports the designation of a Louisa Swain Day. Agreed to October 2, 2008.