Some calculated that by giving women all these rights they would all gratefully register as Democrats and offset the numbers of African American men who were presumably Republican.

Others analyzing the situation further suggested that, on the premise Republican Governor Campbell would recognize this sly partisan tactic to stack the registered v**ers of Wyoming Territory against his party, he would be forced to veto it, an act that would make him wildly unpopular and ruin any future chance that Republicans would gain a majority....

With the stroke of his signature on December 10, 1869, Governor Campbell did for Wyoming Territory white women what the U.S. Congress and territories of Washington, Nebraska and Dakota had all failed to do for their female residents. He signed the bill, granting women the very first right to v**e in the United States....

It was also fast becoming Republican Territory. In the days before v**ers could chose their candidates by secret b****t, it was soon clear that most Wyoming women v**ed for the party of Lincoln. Alarmed, Democrats tried to take away their right to v**e in 1870 but by then, when Governor Campbell vetoed this proposal, women had elected enough Republicans to sustain his decision....

On January 10, 1918, in the midst of World War I, the House passed a constitutional amendment granting women the right to v**e by a count of 274 to 136. On October 1, 1918, after five days of debate, the U.S. Senate, failed to pass the amendment by a v**e of 62 to 34 (64.5% of the v**e).

Seven months later, the amendment was reintroduced in the House in the 66th Congress (1919–1921), which convened on March 4, 1919. House Suffrage Committee Chairman, James R. Mann, managed to get the Amendment through committee and to the house floor on May 21st and after two hours of debate it was passed by a v**e of 304 ayes to 89 nays. With 91% of Republicans v****g for the measure, the 2/3 rds was bested by 42 v**es.

It was the Republican governor of Wyoming territory who signed into law the first women’s suffrage act in the country and it was Democrats who tried to take the v**e away from women. It was a Republican governor and a Republican legislature that prevented the Democrat’s move to disenfranchise women.



You can read the whole story here http://www.usconstitutionday.us/p/19th-amendment.html


You will discover that in virtually all cases, while legislation tends to include members from all parties, it has been consistently the Republicans who have been the majority moving civil rights forward and the Democrats who d**g their feet.

In case, as I have been told before, anyone should claim that the Republicans were the Liberals back then, I really have been told that, the party of Lincoln, the Republican party, was the direct beneficiary of the Whig party of which Lincoln had been a proud member. The Whig party then, just as the Republican party since then has always been the party supporting laws that make business the driver of American social and economic prosperity.

Damn straight. Conservatives have always been progressive--whether it was freeing s***es, ending Jim Crow and John Burch, standing up for workers rights and unions, women's rights and equal pay, or even now with their support for their gay brothers and sisters. While liberals were calling themselves "progressive" it was conservatives who really are. My congratulations to our conservative brothers--without them, and their support for progressive ideals, this country would absolutely suck....

It was the Republican governor of Wyoming territory who signed into law the first women’s suffrage act in the country and it was Democrats who tried to take the v**e away from women. It was a Republican governor and a Republican legislature that prevented the Democrat’s move to disenfranchise women.



You can read the whole story here http://www.usconstitutionday.us/p/19th-amendment.html


You will discover that in virtually all cases, while legislation tends to include members from all parties, it has been consistently the Republicans who have been the majority moving civil rights forward and the Democrats who d**g their feet.

In case, as I have been told before, anyone should claim that the Republicans were the Liberals back then, I really have been told that, the party of Lincoln, the Republican party, was the direct beneficiary of the Whig party of which Lincoln had been a proud member. The Whig party then, just as the Republican party since then has always been the party supporting laws that make business the driver of American social and economic prosperity.

Does it matter who, or from what party, got something right? Not in the slightest, all that proves, is that both parties ARE capable of doing good work - if they can get over themselves AND the incessant need to promote their party - over the needs of the public.

All those regular folk who have been lead down that erroneous path of "my party or nothing", have contributed to the uselessness of partisanship. We have NO examples, in our history, of successful single party ventures or policies. All of our successes have been engineered by members of both major parties and independents working TOGETHER.

This phenomena of demonizing the "other" party and convincing the rank and file members to follow suit, is what is driving this country to the brink. There will be, nor can there be, any successes experienced, by following this ridiculous "us or them" paradigm. History proves it, logic proves it and common sense proves the error of that type of thinking.

It was the Republican governor of Wyoming territory who signed into law the first women’s suffrage act in the country and it was Democrats who tried to take the v**e away from women. It was a Republican governor and a Republican legislature that prevented the Democrat’s move to disenfranchise women.



You can read the whole story here http://www.usconstitutionday.us/p/19th-amendment.html


You will discover that in virtually all cases, while legislation tends to include members from all parties, it has been consistently the Republicans who have been the majority moving civil rights forward and the Democrats who d**g their feet.

In case, as I have been told before, anyone should claim that the Republicans were the Liberals back then, I really have been told that, the party of Lincoln, the Republican party, was the direct beneficiary of the Whig party of which Lincoln had been a proud member. The Whig party then, just as the Republican party since then has always been the party supporting laws that make business the driver of American social and economic prosperity.

Does it matter who, or from what party, got something right? Not in the slightest, all that proves, is that both parties ARE capable of doing good work - if they can get over themselves AND the incessant need to promote their party - over the needs of the public.

All those regular folk who have been lead down that erroneous path of "my party or nothing", have contributed to the uselessness of partisanship. We have NO examples, in our history, of successful single party ventures or policies. All of our successes have been engineered by members of both major parties and independents working TOGETHER.

This phenomena of demonizing the "other" party and convincing the rank and file members to follow suit, is what is driving this country to the brink. There will be, nor can there be, any successes experienced, by following this ridiculous "us or them" paradigm. History proves it, logic proves it and common sense proves the error of that type of thinking.

It was the Republican governor of Wyoming territory who signed into law the first women’s suffrage act in the country and it was Democrats who tried to take the v**e away from women. It was a Republican governor and a Republican legislature that prevented the Democrat’s move to disenfranchise women.



You can read the whole story here http://www.usconstitutionday.us/p/19th-amendment.html


You will discover that in virtually all cases, while legislation tends to include members from all parties, it has been consistently the Republicans who have been the majority moving civil rights forward and the Democrats who d**g their feet.

In case, as I have been told before, anyone should claim that the Republicans were the Liberals back then, I really have been told that, the party of Lincoln, the Republican party, was the direct beneficiary of the Whig party of which Lincoln had been a proud member. The Whig party then, just as the Republican party since then has always been the party supporting laws that make business the driver of American social and economic prosperity.