President Trump teased the imminent announcement of a historic pardon yesterday. We can now reveal who he believed deserved a reprieve: iconic suffragette Susan B. Anthony.
BREAKING: President Trump will pardon Susan B. Anthony, found guilty by an all-male jury of illegal voting in 1872 presidential election. @CBSNews
— Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) August 18, 2020
Authorities arrested Anthony in 1872 for voting in Rochester, New York. She died in 1906.
The president’s decision comes on the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
