10 bizarre elections in American history

[struggle4progress]

... The outcome of the 1800 contest between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams was so bizarre, the United States had to amend the Constitution ...

... the 1860 election was notable because it ripped the long-dominant Democratic Party — and thereby, the nation — in half ...

Set aside that 1872 was the year suffragette Victoria Woodhull of the People’s Party became the first woman to run for the president. Also, forget that writer and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, her running mate, was the first African-American to be considered for the vice presidency. And never mind this was the year Susan B. Anthony would be arrested for illegal voting ...

On November 8, Kennedy edged out Nixon by 119,000 votes (out of a total of almost 69 million) ...

http://www.knbr.com/news/10-of-the-most-bizarre-elections-in-american-history/

[Mnemosyne]

1. Very good read, interesting. Thanks struggle. nt