The Electorate of New York defeats a referendum to extend suffrage to freedmen and their descendants.

       [added 5/2/2022]

Subsequent Events:

Authority:

New York constitution of 1846, article XIII, section 1
images.procon.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/1846_ny_constitution.pdf

References:

Thomas J. DiLorenzo, “The Great Centralizer: Abraham Lincoln and the War between the States,” Cato Journal, 3 (Fall 1998): 251.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

Source