Susan B. Anthony's Petition to Congress (January
12, 1874)
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Anthony submitted a two-page petition to the U. S. Congress on January
12, 1874, concerning her 1873 conviction for illegal voting in the 1872
federal election. Anthony's petition asked "that the fine imposed
upon your petitioner be remitted, as an expression of the sense of this
high tribunal that her conviction was unjust."
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