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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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;t have Nixon to kick around anymore," Richard Nixon said, announcing his political retirement this day in 1962 - after losing the California governor& #39;s race (see next tweet)
"You won& #39;t have Nixon to kick around anymore," Richard Nixon said, announcing his political retirement this day in 1962 - after losing the California governor& #39;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
