The Presidential Election. Share full ... See the article in its original context from October 20, 1856, Page 4 Buy ... and Indiana had elected JAMES BECHANAN President of the United States, ...

In fact, the United States has never delayed a presidential election and only moved it for administrative reasons twice—both within the first 60 years of the country’s founding.

The United States Does Not Have One National Presidential Election Left: Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Pa., November 4, 2024.

The election of 1856 brought to the presidency an incompetent who was, at least, partially responsible for the tragedies of the Civil War. We can certainly hope that the 2024 election will not be ...

In May 1856, Preston Brooks, a proslavery representative from South Carolina, walked into the United States Capitol and used a cane to beat Senator Charles Sumner, a critic of slavery from ...