presidential elections: the lack of an electoral college majority by any of the three major presidential candidates. Searching for a historical precedent, observers recalled the election of 1824, as this was the last U.S. presidential election decided by the House of Representatives rather than the...
dating to 1792. The Democratic-Republican Party was founded byJames MadisonandThomas Jefferson, the author of theDeclaration of Independenceand champion of theBill of Rights. It eventually ceased to exist by that name following the 1824 presidential election and became known as the Democratic Party,...
Who were the candidates in the presidential election of 1808? Who campaigned in the presidential election of 1824? Who decided the winner of the presidential election of 1824? Who were the candidates for the presidential election of 1800? Who won the US presidential election of 1824? Who was ...
Election workers in the United States continue to count votes from the American presidential election held Tuesday. President Donald Trump, the Republican Party candidate, and former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate, remain locked in close races in the battleground states. In the No...
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The Republican Party platform in the presidential election of 1896 called for the annexation of Hawaii. Petitions for a popular vote in Hawaii were ignored. Fearing that he lacked two-thirds support for annexation in the Senate, the new Republican president, William McKinley, called for a joint...
1969: National Guard troops kill one student when riots over a local high school election spill over to North Carolina A&T University. 1969: Black students at Brandeis University take over the administration and communications building. 1969: Clifton R. Wharton Jr. becomes the second Black president...
The federal election case was stalled for months after Trump's claim of presidential immunity wound its way to the Supreme Court, whichruled in early Julythat former presidents are entitled to immunity from federal prosecution for official acts. Proceedings are set to resume in Septembe...
A Florida election official tries to divine a voter's intentions. In the hour or so it took Mark Herron to walk his dogs on election night in 2000, the outcome of the U.S. presidential race plunged into uncertainty. As Herron, a Tallahassee attorney and legal analyst for the Democratic ...
What changed after the presidential election of 1800? What was important about the presidential election of 1948? What finally decided the outcome of the 2000 presidential presidential election? What changes were made after the presidential elections of 1824? What happened two months after the pre...