Tuesday...
Tuesday is the day when we do our civic duty and vote for the next President of the United States. I am going to attempt to bring some history to light and will not be posting with the intent of swaying anyone one way or the other. That said.... In 1607, Edward Wingfield was chosen from an offering of seven men chosen in England. The other six men were to be Council for that first Colony. So in reality, America's first President was Edward Wingfield. It was during the ensuing years and up to the early 1700's that it was determined that for the most part only white men who held property of a certain value or land were eligible to vote. Women, "Negros", and Native Americans as well as non-land owners were prohibited from casting a vote. There were rare exceptions to that rule...women who had "come into their own", free black men and some Native Americans were allowed the vote, but those were definite exceptions to all of the rules. Until the Revolution, Colo...