<P> Minor v. Happersett , 88 U.S. 162 ( 1875 ) , is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Constitution did not grant anyone , and in this case specifically a female citizen of the state of Missouri , a right to vote even when a state law granted rights to vote to a certain class of citizens . The Supreme Court upheld state court decisions in Missouri , which had refused to register a woman as a lawful voter because that state 's laws allowed only men to vote . </P>
what was the ruling in the 1874 supreme court case minor v.happersett
the Court held that the Constitution did not grant anyone , and in this case specifically a female citizen of the state of Missouri , a right to vote even when a state law granted rights to vote to a certain class of citizens