German almost the official language of the US?

[donmatteo]

Over and over I've been told that once upon a time there was a vote to decide whether German or English should become official language of the US and that it was lost in favor of English by one vote. Now I finally found some evidence, explaining how things really went. Enjoy! Leave a comment

Comments

[chmvixen]

That was really interesting. Now that you know the truth of the situation, are you going to correct the next person who says that to you?

[donmatteo]

nope, but I'll propose a new real vote ;-)

[chmvixen]

*laughs* I bet it that was a general vote, there would be the best voter turnout EVER.