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Documents on Elections

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Acceptance Speech

Paul Ryan

2012

Contract with America

Republican National Committee

1994

Mandate for Reform

McGovern–Fraser Commission

1971

A Time for Choosing

Ronald Reagan

1964

The Consequences of the Proposed New Deal

Herbert Hoover

1932

The Shell Manifesto

G. W. Shell

1890

First Inaugural Address

Thomas Jefferson

1801

Reynolds v. Sims

Earl Warren & John M. Harlan II

1964

Letter Accepting the Republican Nomination

William Howard Taft

1912

Progressive Party Platform of 1912

1912

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