Noun
manhood suffrage (uncountable)
(politics, now chiefly historical) The right of all male citizens of sufficient age to vote in popular elections. [from 19th c.]
If there was to be equal manhood suffrage the whites would be swamped all over South Africa by the blacks and the whole position for which whites have striven for 200 years or more would be given up. Jan Smuts
I am not working for failure, but for success, and for a real gain, and I must go the way to get it. I am sure the putting manhood suffrage in the Bill is not the way to get it. This has been done by the Chartists, and by the Complete Suffragists, but what has become of their Bills? John Bright
In 1838, Chartists issued the People's Charter demanding manhood suffrage, equal sized election districts, voting by ballots, payment of MPs (so poor men could serve), annual Parliaments, and abolition of property requirements. Source: Internet
White manhood suffrage was the norm throughout the West and in most of the East as well. Source: Internet