• In 1645 one vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of England.
• In 1649 one vote caused Charles I to be executed.
• In 1776 one vote made English, instead of German, our official language.
• In 1839 one vote elected Marcus Morton governor of Massachusetts.
• In 1845 one vote brought Texas into the Union.
• In 1850 one vote brought California and Oregon into the Union.
• In 1868 one vote saved President Andrew Johnson from impeachment.
• In 1876 one vote changed France from a monarchy to a republic.
• In 1876 one vote gave Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency of the United States.
• In 1889 one vote brought Washington into the Union.
• In 1890 one vote brought Idaho into the Union.
• In 1923 one vote made Adolph Hitler head of the Nazi Party.
• In 1960 one vote per precinct would have elected Richard Nixon--instead of John F. Kennedy--President of the United States.

Received from Ken Martin, Minnesota Democratic Farmer Labor Party.