United States presidential election of 1836 was an American presidential election held in 1836, in which Democrat Martin Van Buren defeated several Whig Party candidates led by William Henry Harrison.
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leaving the decision once more to the House of Representatives. Though Andrew Jackson finished with the largest share of the popular and electoral vote, the last-place candidate and House Speaker Henry Clay used his influence to instead help elect John Quincy Adams, who appointed Clay his ...
Those who support the miscreant, like the miscreant himself, are drowning. It’s easy to see: working to restrict voters, gerrymandering maps, desperate to change voter laws and procedures so they can tilt the outcome in their favor no matter the result of the election. The miscreant has...
But the world has vastly changed since the 1860s, and so has protection for presidents. Protective details have grown in size, responsibility and technology over more than a century of the Secret Service protecting presidents. READ MORE AdvertisementSecret Service agents and police officers swarm a...
Having a single candidate by the time of the convention has been a key stepping stone for a party’s victory. But it hasn't always worked out that way.
Offers a look at the public campaigning of political candidates in the United States from 1789 to 2000. What stimulated the production of a variety of medals and other trinkets in support of major candidates in 1828; Variety of electioneering materials used; Status of political parties in 1860;...
Three Years of War, And No End in Sight Buyenlarge/Getty Images Soldiers reading postings about the 1864 election. Today, conventional wisdom holds that incumbent presidential candidates are more likely to win reelection, especially during wartime.Franklin Delano Rooseveltwon an unprecedentedfourth term...
Smith Collection/Gado // Getty Images First boat on Yellowstone Lake Two men set out on Yellowstone Lake in a boat named The Annie. The image was captured in 1871, just a year before Yellowstone became America's first national park. Grand Canyon, Arizona Genthe, Arnold // Library of Congre...
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