Reese Happersett

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U.S. Supreme Court case election official person women’s suffrage activist

Reese Happersett was the Missouri election official who denied Virginia Minor the right to register to vote, becoming the named defendant in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court women’s suffrage case Minor v. Happersett.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Minor v. Happersett	0
Virginia Minor	0

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ election official ⓘ person ⓘ women’s suffrage activist ⓘ
areaOfActivity	election administration ⓘ voter registration ⓘ
associatedWith	women’s suffrage history in the United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
denied	Virginia Minor the right to register to vote ⓘ
hasGender	male ⓘ
jurisdiction	Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalCase	Minor v. Happersett NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSubject	voting rights ⓘ women’s suffrage ⓘ
notableFor	being the named defendant in Minor v. Happersett ⓘ
occupation	election official ⓘ
opposed	Virginia Minor’s attempt to register to vote ⓘ
participantIn	Minor v. Happersett NERFINISHED ⓘ Minor v. Happersett NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Missouri election official ⓘ
roleInEvent	defendant in Minor v. Happersett ⓘ
subjectHasRole	Reese Happersett as defendant ⓘ Virginia Minor as plaintiff NERFINISHED ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
workLocation	Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virginia Minor women’s suffrage case → hasMainParty → Reese Happersett ⓘ

Virginia Minor women’s suffrage case → defendant → Reese Happersett ⓘ

Minor v. Happersett → hasParty → Reese Happersett ⓘ

Minor v. Happersett → defendant → Reese Happersett ⓘ