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The 1788–89 United States presidential election was the first quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Monday, December 15, 1788, to Wednesday, January 7, 1789, under the new Constitution ratified that same year. George Washington was unanimously elected for the first of his two terms as president and John Adams became the first ...
Lenoir, North Carolina, U.S. "for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method". 1992. Rudolph A. Marcus. Montreal, Quebec. "for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems". 1990. Elias James Corey. Methuen, Massachusetts, U.S.
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
The 22-year-old is the first American on the F1 grid since Alexander Rossi drove for Manor during the 2015 season, and his P10 finish at Sunday’s Grand Prix makes him the first American point ...
The following candidates won at least 0.1% of the national popular vote in elections held since 1824, or won at least one electoral vote from an elector who was not a faithless elector. [4] [6] † and bolded indicates a winning candidate ‡ indicates a losing candidate who won a plurality or majority of the popular vote
In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or the percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gains the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote. However, the popular vote is not used to determine who is elected as the nation's ...
The 1800 United States presidential election was the fourth quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, October 31 to Wednesday, December 3, 1800. In what is sometimes called the " Revolution of 1800 ", [2] the Democratic-Republican Party candidate, Vice President Thomas Jefferson, defeated the Federalist Party candidate and ...
[3] [4] The American Civil War began less than two months after Lincoln's inauguration, with the Battle of Fort Sumter; afterwards four further states seceded. Lincoln would go on to win re-election in the 1864 United States presidential election. The 1860 election was the first of six consecutive Republican victories.