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This election was the first presidential election after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which began restoring voting rights to Black Americans in the South, where most had been disenfranchised since the early 20th century. [4] This was the last presidential election until 1988 in which the incumbent president was not on the ballot ...
This article is a list of United States presidential candidates. The first U.S. presidential election was held in 1788–1789, followed by the second in 1792. Presidential elections have been held every four years thereafter. Presidential candidates win the election by winning a majority of the electoral vote.
Presidential elections: Elections for the U.S. President are held every four years, coinciding with those for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate. Midterm elections: They occur two years after each presidential election. Elections are held for all 435 seats in the House of Representatives ...
1969 Birmingham Ladywood by-election; 1969 Glasgow Gorbals by-election; 1969 Islington North by-election; 1969 Louth by-election; 1969 Mid Ulster by-election; 1969 Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election; 1969 Northern Ireland general election; 1969 Paddington North by-election; 1969 Swindon by-election; 1969 Ulster Unionist Party leadership election
Republican nominee former Vice President Richard Nixon of California wins the 1968 presidential election against Democratic nominee Vice President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota. Therefore, Richard Nixon becomes President-elect. November 5 – President Johnson sends a telegram to Vice President Humphrey lauding his efforts during his ...
Electoral history of Lyndon B. Johnson, who served as the 36th president of the United States (1963–1969), the 37th vice president (1961–1963); and as a United States senator (1949–1961) and United States representative (1937–1949) from Texas.
The first inauguration of Richard Nixon as the 37th president of the United States was held on Monday, January 20, 1969, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 46th inauguration and marked the commencement of the first and eventually only full term of both Richard Nixon as president and Spiro Agnew as ...
The DOL filed suit in federal court in 1971 to overturn the 1969 UMWA election. After several lengthy delays, the suit went to trial on September 12, 1971. On May 1, 1972, Judge William Bryant threw out the results of the 1969 UMWA international union elections. Bryant scheduled a new election to be held during the first eight days of December ...