Category: Elections
A Cad of The Lost Cause
On this day in 1963, George C. Wallace, four-time governor of Alabama and four-time presidential hopeful, is sworn in as the 45th Governor of Alabama….
The Nation’s First From Old Dominion
On this day in 1990 Douglas Wilder becomes the first-ever African American elected governor of a US state, and the first governor of color in…
Screw Their Feelings
We are told that 74 million people voted for Donald Trump and that we have to consider their feelings. After all, the argument goes, he…
Far Too Many Americans Do Not Know These Truths About The US Constitution
It appears that a large percentage of American adults had not been paying attention when the Constitution was taught to them in school. Or perhaps they just never received a civics lesson.
The Peace Warrior From Missoula
On this day in 1916 Jeannette Pickering Rankin (1880-1973) of Montana is elected the first woman to the US House of Representatives and the first…
Dewey Defeats Truman
On this day in 1948, in what to that moment was the greatest upset in presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeats his…
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