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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “Urge prompt ratification by the States of the constitutional amendment that would give District residents the vote for…”

On the recordSeptember 8, 1960
Urge prompt ratification by the States of the constitutional amendment that would give District residents the vote for President and Vice President.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Statement by Senator John F. Kennedy in a Letter to W. John Kenney, Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of the...

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