Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, and the Grandfather Clause, 1890–1908
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Nebraska
NJ
Illinois
Colorado
Indiana
Ohio
MD
Virginia
WV
Kansas
PT: 1890
LT: 1902
GC: 1902
Missouri
Kentucky
North Carolina
PT: 1900
LT: 1902
GC: 1902
Tennessee
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Territory
PT: 1890
Arkansas
DE
PT: 1894
South Carolina
Mississippi
PT: 1890 Alabama
LT: 1892
Texas
PT: 1904
PT: 1902
LT: 1902
GC: 1908
Georgia
PT: 1902
LT: 1908
GC: 1908
PT: 1896
LT: 1896
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
Florida
PT: 1890
Louisiana
MEXICO
States that voted YES on
grandfather clause
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PT: 1898
LT: 1898
GC: 1898
States that voted NO on
grandfather clause
Gulf of Mexico
PT Date poll tax was passed
LT Date literacy test was passed
GC Date grandfather clause
was passed