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Tag: Election

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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

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

6th November 2019
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 2019
Tagged as: America, Election, Politics, United States, USA

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

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

5th November 2018
Tagged as: America, Democracy, Election, New Deal, President, Roosevelt, Second World War, USA

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

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