Question

According to the dramatic reenactment, why did Harry Burn change his vote?

Answer 1

He changed his vote because of a letter from his mother asking him to "be a good boy" and vote for the amendment.

Explanation:

• Harry Thomas Burn was the youngest member of the state legislature (Tennessee General Assembly )
• He is remembered for the step taken to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment during his very first legislature.
• Even though he really intended to vote for the amendment, he was pressurized by party leaders and other misleading telegrams. He began to side with the Anti-suffragists.
• He received a letter from his mother which made him to change his mind and vote for the amendment.
• The result of the vote was a tie of 48-48, when the house speaker called for a vote on the "merits", but his vote broke the tie in favor  of ratifying the amendment.