[Ads-l] Antedating of "One Man, One Vote"

[Shapiro, Fred]

one man, one vote (OED 1884)

The favourite mottoes of the [Reform] Leaguers were-- "Honesty versus Trickery;" "One man, one vote;" "Justice to Ireland;" "Complete free trade;" "Registered manhood suffrage;" [etc.]
     "Reform Demonstration at Manchester," Liverpool Mercury, June 3, 1867

Fred Shapiro

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