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Bush was the first Republican in American history to win the presidency without carrying Vermont, Illinois, or New Mexico, as well as the second Republican to win the presidency without carrying California after James A. Garfield in 1880, and Pennsylvania, Maine, Michigan, and Connecticut after Richard Nixon in 1968, as well as the first ...
Elections were held in the United States on November 7, 2000. Republican governor George W. Bush of Texas defeated Democratic Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee in the presidential election. Republicans retained control of both houses of Congress, giving the party unified control of Congress and the presidency for the first time since the 1954 ...
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
If Gore had won the recount, then he would have won the election with a total of 292 electoral votes, and Bush would have lost with 246 electoral votes. Post-election analysis has found that Palm Beach County's butterfly ballot misdirected over 2,000 votes from Gore to third-party candidate Pat Buchanan, tipping Florida—and the election—to ...
2004 — Former President Ronald Reagan dies from complications resulting from Alzheimer's disease. He lies in state at the U.S. Capitol building before being interred. 2004 — George W. Bush is re-elected president, Dick Cheney is re-elected vice president. January 20, 2005 — President Bush and Vice President Cheney begin their second terms.
On the night of the 2000 presidential election, as the counting began in a tight race between Texas Gov. George W. Bush and incumbent Vice President Al Gore, it all came down to Florida. And then ...
The following is a list of timelines of United States presidencies. ... 2000–2001; George W. Bush (2001–2009) ... Timeline of the Joe Biden presidency. 2021 Q1 ...
October 17 – The final debate of the presidential election takes place at Washington University in St. Louis. October 23 – Madeleine Albright holds talks with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. October 26 – The New York Yankees defeat the New York Mets in Game 5 of the 2000 World Series, 4–1, to win