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Did the United States Have Two Presidents at the Same Time?

by Mike Purdy | Dec 10, 2012 | Elections, Electoral College, Rutherford Hayes, Terms of Office, Ulysses Grant

1876 election disputed:  The presidential election of 1876 was hotly contested.  Democrat Samuel J. Tilden won a majority of the popular vote against Republican Rutherford B. Hayes.  However, neither candidate had a clear majority in the Electoral...

When Inauguration Day Falls on a Sunday

by Mike Purdy | Nov 28, 2012 | Barack Obama, Dwight Eisenhower, Inaugurations, James Monroe, Ronald Reagan, Rutherford Hayes, Woodrow Wilson, Zachary Taylor

When Barack Obama’s second term as president begins on January 20, 2013, it will mark only the seventh time in our nation’s history that Inauguration Day has fallen on a Sunday.  Traditionally, official inaugural ceremonies have not been held on...
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