How a Single Farmhand’s Vote Changed the Course of a Nation.
3 min readOct 30, 2020
Your Vote is Your Voice. It Matters. Use It.
“The first lesson is this: take it from me, every vote counts.” — Al Gore
One afternoon in 1842, as Henry Shoemaker was working on a farm in Indiana, he realized that he’d forgotten to vote. Having promised his vote to Madison Marsh, a Democrat…
