Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From the continuous work carried on by Mr. Smith and myself with the delegates, prior to and during the Convention, we were able to report to the Volunteer Committee in New York City . . . that there would be twelve votes cast for Mr. Willkie on the first ballot, 20 on the second, 25 on the third, with a possible 28 votes as a maximum. The actual vote cast was twelve on the first ballot, 17 on the second, 19 on the third . . . and a unanimous vote of 32 on the sixth ballot...
When, on the first ballot, he was for the third time nominated for President, he sent word to the silent, suspicious reporters that he would have nothing to say. Not, added Steve Early, "until he has received official notification of his nomination; that is customary and he would like to adhere to custom." It was 2:15 a.m.; the President went...
...support of the Administration. It was strenuously opposed by the Democratic leaders in the House. Its most formidable opponent was Texas' old, respected Hatton Sumners, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, where the bill reposed. The Committee, horrified by the bill's proposed reforms, held a secret ballot, announced a vote of 14-to-10 to table the measure. Congressman Dempsey thereupon raised Congress' roof by announcing that 13 members told him afterwards they had voted for the bill. He started a petition to extricate the bill from the Committee. Embarrassed Congressmen stayed away from Mr. Dempsey...
...Nominee Willkie telephoned defeated Tom Dewey. He chinned with Minnesota's Stassen, who had managed his convention floor forces in Philadelphia. He entertained Massachusetts' Congressman Joe Martin overnight. He saw and handshook a parade of state GOPoliticos-some of whom had fought him up to the last ballot at Philadelphia. For hours he was closeted with a steering committee of twelve G. O. P. National Committeemen...
...Mexican Presidential election has been described as something which is done with the people, to the people, in spite of the people. For a little more than a century, Mexico has had various more or less democratic constitutions, but has experienced only a gun-toting, vote-buying, ballot-stuffing, blood-letting travesty of democracy itself. No Government has ever suffered an electoral defeat. Dictatorial Presidents have either prolonged their own terms by changing the constitution or elected their own straw men with straw votes-or been assassinated, overthrown, exiled or otherwise forcibly liquidated. In the last election the approved candidate...