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Title
D726-A
Date(s)
- 1936-11-03 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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92-year-old George A. Rogers grips a quill pen as he signed his name in the voter registration book on November 3, 1936. He first voted back in 1864, 72 years before, when he cast his ballot for Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Rogers not only voted for Lincoln but also fought for him; he enlisted at the last call of the Civil War president for 300,000 men to join the Union Army. He came to Tacoma in the early 1900's and now resides at the Park Hotel. Mr. Rogers voted at the downtown fire station and was able to read the ballot without use of glasses. This life-long Republican voted for Alfred Landon for President in the 1936 elections. (T.Times 11-3-36, p. 1)
Voter registration--Tacoma--1930-1940; Voting; Rogers, George A.;