Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 02, 2004

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The first ballot was an olive leaf used by the ancient Greeks! Sokpathe Be sure and vote! One vote elected John Quincy Adams president. One vote elected Thomas Jefferson president. One vote elected Rutherford B Hayes president. One vote enacted military conscription in 1941. One vote may Texas, California, Washington, Oregon and Idaho states of. One vote elected governor Morton of Mass. One vote beheaded Charles I of England. One vote elected all over Cromwell. One vote made France a Republic in 1875 and ended it in 1940. So... Be sure and vote! Aaron Burr Remarkable American Twice he lacked but one vote to make him President of the United States yet he was arrested 3 times- thrown into a common jail- and tried for treason twice.