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State fights to keep vote first in the nation: New Hampshire hopes primary place in presidential process outlives creator.(Nation)
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The Washington Times
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August 21, 1996
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1996 News World Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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CONCORD, N.H. - The father of the first-in-the-nation presidential primary was buried Monday as state officials issued assurances that the primary won't follow him to the grave.
Concord lawyer Richard F. Upton, the former state House speaker who sparked the idea of a primary to get more voter participation in choosing a president, died of natural causes last week at a Portsmouth hospital. He was 81.
Before the birth of the New Hampshire primary in 1952, voters in this state chose delegates to the national political conventions. But beginning with the Republican contest between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio, voters picked a candidate, and Mr. ...
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