1645: One vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of England.
1649: One vote caused Charles 1 of England to be executed.
1714: One vote placed King George 1 on the throne in England and restored the monarchy.
1776: One vote gave America the English language instead of German.
1800: One vote kept Aaron Burr, later charged with treason, from becoming president.
1839: One vote elected Marcus Morton as the Governor of Massachusetts.
1844: A farmer in Switzerland County, Indiana named Freeman Clark was seriously ill on Election Day. He had his son carry him to the county seat so he could vote for David Kelso for state senator. Clark died on the way home from the polling place. David Kelso was elected state senator by one vote.
1844: Back when state senates elected U.S. senators, the Indiana state senate elected Edward Hannigan for U.S. senate by one vote; that vote was David Kelso’s.
1845: One vote made Texas a state. This vote was cast by U.S. senator Edward Hannigan, who was elected by the one vote of Indiana state senator David Kelso, who was elected by the one vote of citizen Freeman Clark.
1850: One vote made California a state.
1859: One vote made Oregon a state.
1868: One vote saved President Andrew Johnson from being removed from office.
1876: One vote changed France from a monarchy to a republic.
1876: One electoral vote gave Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency. The man who cast that one vote was an Indiana congressman who was also elected by one vote.
1889: One vote made Washington a state.
1890: One vote made Idaho a state.
1920: Tennessee ratified the 19th amendment, which allowed women to vote, by one vote. Tennessee was the last state needed for ratification.
1923: One vote gave Adolph Hitler leadership of the Nazi Party.
1941: One vote made the term for selective service 2 ½ years instead of 1.
1950: A state senator from Garrett County, Maryland was elected by one vote.
1955: In Huron, Ohio, the mayor was elected by one vote.
1959: One vote elected the mayors of both Rose Creek and Odin, Minnesota.