“It has been my experience in public life that there are few problems which cannot be worked out, if we make a real effort to understand the other fellow’s point of view, and if we try to find a solution on the basis of give-and-take, of fairness to both sides.”
-Harry S. Truman
President Truman at the polls, from the Truman Library.
President Gerald R. Ford exercises his right to vote, casting his ballot in the general election on November 2, 1976, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
President Bush drops his ballot into the box.
-from the George Bush Library
President Clinton hugs Chelsea as Hillary Rodham Clinton votes at the Chappaqua, NY, polling station. 11/7/00.
-from the Clinton Presidential Library
Herbert Hoover casts his ballot on November 8, 1932 in Palo Alto, California.
Source: hoover.archives.gov
President Eisenhower casts his ballot in the 1956 election.
Source: eisenhower.archives.gov
President Kennedy Urges Americans to Vote on Tuesday, November 6th.
“In these tense and anxious weeks, I know that every American citizen wants to know what he can do for his country. Not everyone can serve in our armed forces or serve our government, but there is one thing you can do. There is one way you can indicate your devotion to freedom. There is one way in which we can show how strongly we believe in our democracy. Next Tuesday, Nov. 6, is Election Day. I hope every American will turn out and vote — every American, every member of his family — and show the world how strongly we believe in freedom, how strongly we believe in our country, how strongly we believe in democracy.”
Don’t take JFK’s word for it — go vote!
Eleanor Roosevelt casts her ballot in Hyde Park, NY, in 1936 and 1960.
Mrs. Roosevelt was not able to vote in a Presidential election until the age of 36, when the 19th amendment was added to the Constitution.
The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified on August 18, 1920, prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote based on sex.
Image: Eleanor Roosevelt votes in Hyde Park, 11/03/1936 (ARC 196125), FDR Presidential Library
Image: Eleanor Roosevelt votes in Hyde Park, 11/06/1960 (ARC 195612), FDR Presidential Library
Election Day
President Lyndon B. Johnson places his vote in the ballot box. Pedernales Electric Co-op Building, Johnson City, Texas. 11/3/64.
Source: lbjlibrary.net
