MINOR V. HAPPERSETT
88 U.S. 162 (1874)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Minor (P). female, sued out writ of error to review the judgment of
the Supreme Court of Missouri, which affirmed the trial court's judgment in favor of
Happersett (D), registrar, who refused to register P as a lawful voter.
FACTS: On the 15th of October, 1872 P, a native born, free, white citizen of the United
States, and of the State of Missouri, over the age of twenty-one years, wishing to vote for
electors for President and Vice-President of the United States, and for a representative in
Congress, and for other officers, applied to D, the registrar of voters, to register her as
a lawful voter. D refused to do so contending that she was not a 'male citizen of the United
States.' P thereupon sued D in one of the inferior State courts of Missouri, for willfully
refusing to place her name upon the list of registered voters, by which refusal she was
deprived of her right to vote. D demurred, and the court in which the suit was brought
sustained the demurrer, and gave judgment in his favor; a judgment which the State Supreme
Court affirmed. The Supreme Court granted certiorari.
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