Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes
Based on data from presidential elections throughout American history an individual is least likely to become next president when holding what position?
1 reason, because Obama will be the first black president.
In 1876 the Electoral College made Hayes president in the course of one of the most contentious elections in national history. He lost the popular vote to Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, but won an intensely disputed electoral-college vote after a Congressional commission awarded him twenty contested electoral votes.
The US presidential elections of 1900 were the 29th Quadrennial elections of US history. The incumbent president William McKinley and his running mate Teddy Roosevelt gained a landslide victory as a result of improving economy and victory in Spanish- American war.
yes, but only in the first 4 elections (1789-1800)
The electoral college has decided the outcome of several presidential elections in US history. Some notable examples include the elections of 1824, 1876, 1888, 2000, and 2016. In these cases, the candidate who won the majority of the electoral college votes became the president, despite not winning the popular vote.
That would have to be Minnesota, because every state except MN went red in 1984. Minnesota has voted Democratic in the last ten presidential elections (1976-2012), and the District of Columbia has voted Democratic in the last thirteen presidential elections (1964-2012), which is its entire presidential voting history.
John T. Willis has written: 'Presidential elections in Maryland' -- subject(s): Election, Elections, History, Political parties, Presidents
Franklin D. Rooselvelt
The U.S. President is never elected by popular vote. In fact, there have been four Presidential elections in U.S. history in which the winner of the election was not the candidate who received the most popular votes (in 1824, 1876, 1888 and 2000).