John A. Sullivan, Francis R. Bangs, Et Al., Petitioners, V. Albert P. Langtry, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Respondent

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Sullivan, Bangs, et al. petitioned for a writ of mandamus and demanded a state-wide referendum on the question of the Commonwealth's adoption of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women the right to vote. Petitioners claimed that in a recent Massachusetts election the question of granting women the right to vote had been defeated soundly.