1867 Kansas suffrage referendums

On November 5, 1867, the state of Kansas held referendums on two proposed suffrage (voting rights) amendments to its state constitution: one which would have granted women the full right to vote and another which would have granted African Americans the full right to vote. The proposed amendments had been approved by the Kansas Legislature but had to be ratified by a vote of the state's all-white-male electorate. The results of the Kansas election saw both ballot items defeated.

The women's suffrage referendum was the first-ever referendum on women's suffrage in U.S. history, and specifically sought to amend Section 1, Article 5 of the state constitution to "eliminate the word "male" from the clause defining the qualifications of an elector." The proposed African American suffrage amendment would have eliminated the word "white" from the state constitution's clause defining the qualifications of an elector.