The vote that mattered
Margaret BauerIn 1776, one vote gave America the English language instead of German.
One vote gave statehood to Texas (1845), California (1850), Oregon (1859), Washington (1889) and Idaho (1890).
In 1868, one vote saved President Andrew Johnson from impeachment.
In 1875, one vote changed France from a monarchy to a republic.
In 1920, Women won the right to vote by passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution. Tennessee, the last state needed to pass the amendment, ratified the amendment by one vote.
In 1923, one vote gave Adolph Hitler leadership of the Nazi Party.
In 1960, John F. Kennedy’s margin of victory over Richard Nixon was less than one voter per precinct.
In 1968, Hubert Humphrey lost, and Richard Nixon won the presidential election by a margin of fewer than three votes per precinct.
-Information from the Wisconsin Citizen Action Fund
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