Suffrage

The Republican party, reaffirming its faith in government of the people, by the people, for the people, as a measure of justice to one-half the adult people of this country, favors the extension of the suffrage to women, but recognizes the right of each state to settle this question for itself.

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Chicago: "Suffrage," Republican Party Platform of 1916 in Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.207 Original Sources, accessed January 7, 2026, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CPEXV9VWIMS7I54.

MLA: . "Suffrage." Republican Party Platform of 1916, in Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.207, Original Sources. 7 Jan. 2026. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CPEXV9VWIMS7I54.

Harvard: , 'Suffrage' in Republican Party Platform of 1916. cited in , Donald B. Johnson, Ed. National Party Platforms, 1840–1976. Supplement 1980. (Champaign-Urbana: University of Illinois), P.207. Original Sources, retrieved 7 January 2026, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=CPEXV9VWIMS7I54.