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This Day, 1848: "Old Rough and Ready" Zachary Taylor was elected as the 12th President; he would die after 16 months in office - probably from the bad White House water supply
This Day, 1848: "Old Rough and Ready" Zachary Taylor was elected as the 12th President; he would die after 16 months in office - probably from the bad White House water supply
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Headlines this day, 1860: Lincoln elected
Headlines this day, 1860: Lincoln elected
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This Day, 1876: The most disputed of all presidential elections - Hayes vs. Tilden. The fight lasted until March - 48 hours before inauguration day, with Hayes taking office
This Day, 1876: The most disputed of all presidential elections - Hayes vs. Tilden. The fight lasted until March - 48 hours before inauguration day, with Hayes taking office
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Headlines this day, 1900: McKinley re-elected. And he had a new vice-president, a brash young man named Theodore Roosevelt. In ten months, TR, just 42, would succeed the murdered president (pretty small headline for a presidential election)
Headlines this day, 1900: McKinley re-elected. And he had a new vice-president, a brash young man named Theodore Roosevelt. In ten months, TR, just 42, would succeed the murdered president (pretty small headline for a presidential election)
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One of the closest elections ever - this day in 1916. Woodrow Wilson was re-elected, but a swing of 3,800 votes in California would have made Charles Evans Hughes POTUS
One of the closest elections ever - this day in 1916. Woodrow Wilson was re-elected, but a swing of 3,800 votes in California would have made Charles Evans Hughes POTUS
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Headlines, this day 1928. Herbert Hoover, before Donald Trump, was the only president with no electoral or military experience. Hoover's presidency included the beginning of the Great Depression and a Christmas Eve fire that destroyed the Oval Office
Headlines, this day 1928. Herbert Hoover, before Donald Trump, was the only president with no electoral or military experience. Hoover's presidency included the beginning of the Great Depression and a Christmas Eve fire that destroyed the Oval Office
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This Day, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term; his death the following April put Harry Truman - VP just three months - in the White House
This Day, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term; his death the following April put Harry Truman - VP just three months - in the White House
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"You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore," Richard Nixon said, announcing his political retirement this day in 1962 - after losing the California governor's race (see next tweet)
"You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore," Richard Nixon said, announcing his political retirement this day in 1962 - after losing the California governor's race (see next tweet)
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This Day, 1972: Richard Nixon was re-elected in a massive landslide, winning 60.7% of the popular vote and 520 electoral votes. Here: dinner at the White House that night
This Day, 1972: Richard Nixon was re-elected in a massive landslide, winning 60.7% of the popular vote and 520 electoral votes. Here: dinner at the White House that night
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This day, 2020: Four days after election day, Joe Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election - ousting incumbent President Donald Trump
This day, 2020: Four days after election day, Joe Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election - ousting incumbent President Donald Trump
