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Dirksen Pushes Direct Vote for President in Senate
Senator Dirksen advocates constitutional amendment to elect presidents by direct popular vote. He cites Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln as contrast in 1860, notes backing from American Bar Association and Senate subcommittee momentum with Bayh and Mansfield. Reapportionment shifts favor away from Electoral College, aiding the case.
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Abraham Lincoln
Dirksen
Senate
American Bar Association
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Bayh
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Carings
James Eastland
Mississippi
Judiciary Committee