1952: Two women – India Edwards and Judge Sarah Hughes...

Submitted by Jean Sinzdak on Wed, 05/04/2016 - 14:46
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Two women – India Edwards and Judge Sarah Hughes – were proposed as Democratic Vice Presidential candidates. Both withdrew their names before the balloting so the choice of presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson, Senator Estes Kefauver, could be nominated by acclamation.

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1952