Lodge Bill

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• The article reframes the Lodge Bill's description and places it in the 51st Congress rather than emphasizing its stated purpose.
• New material attributes overwhelming Republican and presidential (Benjamin Harrison) support and names specific African American supporters.
• The aftermath is reworded to assert the bill's failure directly prompted Southern laws and constitutions that restricted Black voting access.

Replace “referred to as the Federal Elections Bill or by critics as the Lodge Force Bill was a proposed bill to ensure the security of elections” with “referred to as the Federal Elections bill or by critics as the Force bill was a proposed bill in the 51st United States Congress”. Add: The Lodge bill was overwhelmingly supported by the Republican Party. Add: It was strongly endorsed by President Benjamin Harrison. Add: The bill also received enthusiastic support from African American leaders and politicians including the U S representatives John Mercer Langston Thomas E Miller and Henry P Cheatham. Add: In August 1890 Julius Caesar Chappelle gave a political speech supporting the bill at Boston's.

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