On Election Day, people are exercising their right to vote all throughout the nation. We chose to study the presidential election’s past before the historic election in 2024.
We discovered some fascinating facts regarding the presidential election.
In US history, there have been four instances where a candidate has won the popular vote but lost the election:
Fascinating facts regarding the US presidential election.
- In 1824, Andrew Jackson garnered less than half of the electoral votes despite winning the popular vote. The winner of the presidency was John Quincy Adams.
- In 1876, Rutherford B. Hayes secured 185 electoral votes to Samuel Tilden’s 184, despite Tilden winning the popular vote.
- In 1888, Grover Cleveland received 168 electoral votes against Benjamin Harris‘ 233, despite winning the popular vote.
- Al Gore lost the election to George W. Bush in 2000, despite winning the popular vote. The U.S. Supreme Court halted the Florida ballot recount and awarded Bush the state’s 25 electoral votes, giving him a total of 271 electoral votes to Gore’s 255 in one of the most contentious elections in recent history.
- Grover Cleveland won the presidency in 1884, lost his bid for reelection in 1888, and then won it again in 1892.
- With 61.3% of the population of voting age turning out, the 1992 election saw the largest turnout in terms of percentage since 1972.
- In office, eight presidents have lost their lives.
- William Henry Harrison (pneumonia)
- Zachary Taylor (gastroenteritis)
- Abraham Lincoln (assassination)
- James Garfield (assassination)
- William McKinley (assassination)
- Warren Harding (heart attack)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (cerebral hemorrhage)
- John F. Kennedy (assassination)
- According to Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the US Constitution, there are just three prerequisites to become president:
- A minimum age of 35 is required.
- possess at least 14 years of U.S. residency
- Be a citizen by birth.
- George Washington should be the only president elected by unanimous vote, according to a delegate from New Hampshire.
- In 1801, James Monroe won all but one electoral vote.
- In 1872, Victoria Woodhull became the first female presidential candidate.
- In 2016, Hillary Clinton became the first woman to receive a major party presidential nomination.
- In 1837, Martin Van Buren became the nation’s first natural-born president. All seven of the previous presidents were British citizens at birth.
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