Henry D. Irwin was a Republican Presidential Elector (from Oklahoma) for the 1960 U.S. presidential election who became a "faithless elector" when he declined to vote as pledged. Irwin is the only presidential elector in American election history to try to convince his fellow presidential electors to change their vote.
Read more about Henry D. Irwin: "Could Not Stomach" Nixon, The Byrd Telegram, Byrd Receives 15 Electoral Votes
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