Talk:Emperor Norton
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Inconsistency[edit]
In this article the "Frisco" story is written as an unsubstantiated but possibly true claim. The article on the Emperor Norton Trust says that it is false, The Emperor Norton Trust. The truth should probably be investigated or the inconsistency at least corrected. LeatherJr (talk) 05:59, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
Not on the ballot?[edit]
The lead currently says, "He had run for Congress in 1858, but was not put on the ballot." That's anachronistic. The government-printed ballot (secret ballot) had not yet been introduced in the United States in 1858. In that era, the political parties or newspapers supporting them would pre-print ballot tickets consisting of their preferred candidates and distribute them to supporters to put into the ballot box. A maverick candidate such as Norton would probably have had to print his own ballots in order to receive votes, but that's a very different situation from the way things were done later on, when a candidate has to garner petition signatures or pay a fee to have their name on the government-printed ballot. -- Metropolitan90 (talk) 06:58, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
is the title erroneous?[edit]
should the page be called 'Emperor Norton' if he was in truth not the emperor of anywhere? Sebimus (talk) 17:38, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
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