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Universal Suffrage

Germany · Government / Government of Germany. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1851–1948Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1851

Frederick William IV1851

Government / Government of Germany

The lower house is elected by all taxpayers, but in a three-tiered system based on the amount of taxes paid so that true universal suffrage is denied

1948

Konrad Adenauer1948

Bonn · Government / Government of Germany

A Federal Assembly, the Bundestag, is to be elected every 4 yrs by universal suffrage

Names involved

Frederick William IVKonrad Adenauer

Provenance

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