With his support, the legislature ratified the amendment in 1959, nearly 100 years after it was first introduced.

During his term, the legislature ratified the Twenty-sixth Amendment, which lowered the minimum voting age nationwide to eighteen.

Johnson ordered the Army to allow the inauguration of the governor after the legislature ratified the Thirteenth Amendment in December, 1865.

After the legislatures of the new governments had ratified the 14th Amendment, the states could apply for representation in Congress.

Although the French legislature never ratified the agreement, the negotiations formed part of the basis of Libya's claim to the area decades later.

Pennsylvania's legislature ratified the Constitution on December 12, 1787 by a vote of 46-23.

Sometimes over the years, the American system in which the legislature must ratify the executive's choice of judges has worked well.

China's leaders have said they would respect the spirit of the law until the national legislature ratifies the treaties, a promise they broke with this year's violations.

The same year, the legislature ratified the Nineteenth Amendment.

The war ended in 1918, and Liberia's legislature ratified the Treaty of Versailles.