United States v. Kellar

Harlan, Justice.

The question presented for determination is whether the defendant, having reached his majority on the twenty-second day of May, 1880, was entitled to vote at the election for representative in the congress of the United States, held in November, 1880. He possessed the requisite qualifications prescribed by the local laws as to residence in the township and state; but it is contended that he had not been admitted to citizenship of the United States, which, in Illinois, is a prerequisite to the exercise of the elective franchise. His parents were' subjects of Prussia, the father…