Why is Tuesday Election Day?

Why do we vote on Tuesdays? Why not Monday, Saturday and/or Sunday? Yahoo gives us the answer.  First, there is a reason we vote in November:

The short answer: We used to be a nation of farmers.

The long answer: Congress chose November because the harvest was over and the weather wouldn’t be bad enough to prevent people from traveling.

Second, there is a good reason why we vote on Tuesday. It has everything to do with Church and the Lord’s Day:

As for Tuesday, people used to have to travel overnight to their polling location. (In 1845, horse was the preferred method of transport.) In an effort to avoid religious days of rest, Congress chose Tuesday, leaving Monday and Wednesday as travel days. Tuesday was voting (and horse-resting) day.

It seems we have moved a long way from where we started, as a society and as the western evangelical church. Not only did the church used have great respect for the Christian Sabbath 150 years ago, but so did the government!