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6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA

  • 6th November 2021
  • Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, America, American Civil War, Democracy, Election, Lincoln, President, Slavery, USA

Abraham Lincoln was elected barely five months before the outbreak of the American Civil War, and was assassinated less than a month before its end.

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11th February 1812: Elbridge Gerry signs the first bill to authorise ‘gerrymandering’

  • 11th February 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Election, Politics, United States, USA
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/02-11-Elbridge-Gerry-approves-the-first-example-of-gerrymandering.mp3

Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed a bill that redrew electoral boundaries in the first example of ‘gerrymandering’.

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18th November 1872: Susan B. Anthony arrested for voting in a Presidential election

  • 18th November 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Election, New York, Politics, Rochester, United States, USA, Voting, Women, Women's Suffrage
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/11-18-Susan-B.-Anthony-arrested-for-voting.mp3

Anthony and fourteen other women successfully cast their votes despite it being illegal under federal law.

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5th November 1940: President Roosevelt elected for an unprecedented third term

  • 5th November 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Democracy, Election, New Deal, President, Roosevelt, Second World War, USA
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/11-05-President-Roosevelt-elected-for-an-unprecedented-third-term.mp3

Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected for an unprecedented third term as President of the United States.

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3rd November 1868: John Willis Menard became the first African-American to be elected to Congress

  • 3rd November 2020
  • Tagged as: African-American, Civil Rights, Congress, Election, Louisiana, New Orleans, Politics, Racism, United States, USA

Running against Caleb S. Hunt, Menard secured approximately 64 percent of the vote, and on 3 November 1868 became the first African-American person to be elected to the United States Congress.

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26th September 1960: Kennedy and Nixon take part in their first televised debate

  • 26th September 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Debate, Election, Kennedy, Nixon, Politics, Television, United States
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/09-26-Kennedy-and-Nixon-take-part-in-the-first-presidential-debate.mp3

The first United States presidential debate took place between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.

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28th November 1893: New Zealand women vote for the first time in a national election

  • 28th November 2019
  • Tagged as: Election, New Zealand, Politics, Suffrage, Vote, Women, Women's Suffrage

Every New Zealand woman over the age of 21 was able to vote in the world’s first general election in a self-governing colony.

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