iet ta ▁Andrew s . ▁ ▁Camp aign ing ▁ ▁The ▁Cong r essional ▁Union ▁act ively ▁campaign ed ▁for ▁a ▁constitution al ▁am end ment ▁guarantee ing ▁universal ▁woman ▁suff rage . ▁Following ▁the ▁methods ▁used ▁by ▁suff ra get tes ▁in ▁Britain , ▁the ▁C U ▁fully ▁bl amed ▁the ▁majority ▁party ▁for ▁failure ▁to ▁advance ▁the ▁Federal ▁Su ff rage ▁Am end ment . ▁The ▁majority ▁party ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁was ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party , ▁and ▁Dem ocrat ▁Wood row ▁Wilson ▁was ▁president . ▁M embers ▁tra ve led ▁west ▁and ▁campaign ed ▁against ▁Democr ats ▁in ▁hopes ▁of ▁imp eding ▁their ▁re e lection . ▁They ▁even ▁campaign ed ▁against ▁Democr ats ▁who ▁approved ▁women ' s ▁suff rage , ▁despite ▁criticism ▁from ▁the ▁National ▁American ▁Woman ▁Su ff rage ▁Association . ▁They ▁tra ve led ▁through ▁the ▁west ▁by ▁train ▁while ▁using ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁tact ics ▁to ▁increase ▁their ▁visibility ▁and ▁their ▁wh ist le - stop ▁speech es ▁attract ed ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁rep or ters . ▁Their ▁campaign ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁defeat ▁of ▁ 2 0 ▁dem ocr ats ▁who ▁supported ▁suff rage , ▁much ▁to ▁the ▁dis may ▁of ▁NA WS A . ▁ ▁National ▁Woman ' s ▁Party ▁▁ ▁The ▁Cong r essional ▁Union ▁created ▁the ▁National ▁Woman ' s ▁Party ▁at ▁a ▁meeting ▁in ▁Chicago ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 6 . ▁The ▁party ▁included ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Cong r essional ▁Union , ▁and ▁Alice ▁Paul ▁was ▁in ▁charge . ▁A ▁Camp