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Burning crosses and anti-Catholicism on the 1928 campaign trail
Part Two in a series on nativism in American politics in the 1920s and 2020s
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A "Klanbake" at the 1924 Democratic National Convention
Part One in a series on nativism in American politics in the 1920s and 2020s
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Was the "Wizard of Oz" influenced by the 1896 presidential election?
The yellow brick road might have more to do with politics than you imagined
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Debates that Changed U.S. History
Three presidential elections that were significantly impacted by a debate
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Return of the Ex
Former presidents who made another run for the White House
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Cracks in the Glass Ceiling
152 years of historic firsts for women in the race for president and vice president
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Eight Democratic Convention Memories
Best 2 a.m. speech? Best use of Shakespeare? Most daring airplane flight? It's all here.
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From “Madman” to Mount Rushmore
Theodore Roosevelt's journey to the presidency began with a controversial v.p. nomination
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An Electoral College deadlock and talk of Civil War
No, not 2024 ... the election of 1800 (but even crazier than what you saw in "Hamilton")
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Why Texas might never have joined the U.S. were it not for the 1844 election
How history turned on 5,106 votes in New York
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“Chet Arthur? President of the United States? Good God!”
The peculiar politics that put Chester Arthur in the White House
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The Surprise 1944 Veep Choice that Changed History
How Harry Truman became FDR's vice president
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