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President Macron declared in his opening speech that an additional 15 had ratified but that only brings the total number to 47.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2025

But by 1982, only 35 states had ratified.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023

The southern states decided they were no longer going to play by the rules of the Constitution they had ratified, so they started firing cannonballs at Fort Sumter, a military installation of the United States.

From Salon • May 22, 2023

Just 35 of the needed 38 had ratified the amendment by 1979.

From Washington Times • Apr. 24, 2023

By the spring of 1920, thirty-five states had ratified the 19th Amendment, and eight states—Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Delaware—had voted against ratification.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling