W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 2009 Voters in a Foreign Land: Alien Suffrage and Citizenship in the United States, 1704-1926 Alan Kennedy-Shaffer College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the American Studies Commons, Ethnic Studies Commons, and the Political Science Commons Recommended Citation Kennedy-Shaffer, Alan, "Voters in a Foreign Land: Alien Suffrage and Citizenship in the United States, 1704-1926" (2009). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539626580. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-115t-9130 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Voters in a Foreign Land: Alien Suffrage and Citizenship in the United States, 1704-1926 Alan Kennedy-Shaffer Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 2006 A Thesis presented to the Graduate Faculty of the College of William and Mary in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts American Studies Program The College of William and Mary May, 2009 APPROVAL PAGE This Thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Ala{Tpennedy-Shafrer Approved by the Committee, May., 2009 I j \ J Cqrnlmittee Chair Associate Professor Charlie McGovern, History and American Studies The College of William & Mary Ph illips, Hi?Frances L.