Ratification of the Treaty of Paris
- When
- April 11, 1899 (exchange of ratifications); Senate vote of February 6, 1899 per legacy record only
- Where
- Washington, D.C., where the peace protocol was signed; the Senate vote site is not stated in supplied passages
The Treaty of Paris required ratification under each country's constitutional forms. Spain and the United States exchanged ratifications on April 11, 1899, completing the passage of Philippine sovereignty to the United States.
The August 1898 protocol stipulated that the treaty of peace concluded at Paris should be subject to ratification according to the respective constitutional forms of the two countries. The treaty itself was signed on December 10, 1898, marking the official end of the Spanish–American War. Spain and the United States exchanged treaty ratifications on April 11, 1899, completing the passage of Philippine sovereignty to the United States. The legacy record further indicates a United States Senate ratification on February 6, 1899, by a vote of 57 to 27, but no supplied passage states that date or tally, so it is retained here only as an unsourced legacy-derived detail.
Sources
- Treaty of Paris (1898) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19
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