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January 7, 1789
First U.S. presidential election
On this day in 1789, America's first presidential election is held. Voters cast ballots to choose state electors; only white men who owned... MORE >
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OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS, 1948-2000
OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS, 1948-2000. Source: Voter News Service; Federal Election Commission; Alaska Division of Elections Alabama 1948: Thurmond, States' Rights, 171,443; Dewey, Rep., 40,930; Wallace, Prog., 1,522; Watson, Proh.,
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