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Amendment were incorporated into the West Virginia Constitution of 1872. Republicans had hoped the amendment would unite the Republicans and fragment the Democratic party. The opposite occurred, however, and the newly enfranchised Democratic Party—propelled by reinstated
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were being elected to the legislature in significant numbers. The amendment, named for
William H.H. Flick, a newly elected Liberal Republican, was intended to limit the growth of the
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