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Ocoee was the home to 255 African-American residents and 560 white residents according to the 1920 Census. [3] The massacre took place on November 2, the day of the U.S. presidential election leaving a lasting political, but also community, impact; the 1930 census showed 1,180 whites, 11 Native Americans, and 2 African Americans (0.2%). [4]
2010 Teacher of the Year, Sarah Brown Wessling, with President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. The National Teacher of the Year is a professional award in the United States. The program began in 1952, as a project by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and aims to reward excellence in teaching.
1920 United States presidential election in Florida [8] Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote Count % Count % Democratic: James Cox of Ohio: Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York: 90,515: 62.13%: 6: 100.00%: Republican: Warren Harding of Ohio: Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts: 44,853 30.79% 0 0.00% Socialist: Eugene Debs of ...
Jill Biden has new guidance for the nation's top teachers. When they visit the White House later this year, they will be the guests of honor at a state dinner, the first time that the diplomatic ...
This is one of two elections since the Civil War (along with 1924) where national turnout was below 50 percent. This was also the third presidential election in which both major party candidates were registered in the same home state; the others have been in 1860 , 1904 , 1940 , 1944 , and 2016 .
George Washington won a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1758 after spending his entire campaign budget on drinks for his supporters. Buying votes with booze was the norm until 1811 ...
In Pennsylvania, for example, local election officials are prohibited from even beginning to process mailed-in ballots until after the polls close on Election Day—in other words, 25 days after ...
In the realigning 1860 election, Florida was one of the ten slave states that did not provide ballot access to the Republican nominee, Abraham Lincoln. [3] John C. Breckinridge emerged victorious, winning 62.23% of the vote. [4] Shortly after the 1860 election, Florida seceded from the Union and became a part of the Confederacy. [5]