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Why Are Elections On Tuesdays?

A print in <em>The Illustrated London News</em> of Dec. 3, 1864, depicts Election Day in a wealthy (top) and poor (bottom) neighborhood in New York. The top caption reads: &quot;A polling-place in the 'upper ten.' &quot; The bottom caption reads: &quot;A polling-place among the 'lower twenty.' &quot; <a href=&quot;http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/10/07/election_archive.jpg&quot;>Click Here To See A Full-Size Image</a> (Library of Congress)
A print in The Illustrated London News of Dec. 3, 1864, depicts Election Day in a wealthy (top) and poor (bottom) neighborhood in New York. The top caption reads: "A polling-place in the 'upper ten.' " The bottom caption reads: "A polling-place among the 'lower twenty.' " Click Here To See A Full-Size Image (Library of Congress)

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