Which States Did Not Ratify the 14Th Amendment?
") With the exception of Tennessee, the Southern states refused to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.

Which states have not ratified the 14th Amendment?

Tennessee ratifies the 14th Amendment, becoming the first southern state to do so. The remaining southern states refuse to ratify. Delaware rejects the 14th Amendment. Delaware fails to ratify the 14th Amendment, becoming the first state outside of the former Confederate States of America to reject it.

Did the 14th Amendment apply to all states?

The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applies only against the states, but it is otherwise textually identical to the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment, which applies against the federal government; both clauses have been interpreted to encompass identical doctrines of procedural due process and ...
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