House Divided Project intern Don Sailer produced a vivid description of the 1860 Election Day in Springfield, Illinois. Sailer doesn’t mention this fact in his concise post, but Abraham Lincoln only barely won his hometown in 1860, prevailing over Stephen A.…
Category: Campaigns & Elections
ESSAY –Norman Thomas in 1932
In Fall 2010, Dickinson College student Leah Kaplan reminded readers that Socialist Norman Thomas performed exceptionally well in the 1932 presidential contest –even better perhaps than the official results indicated. She suggests that Thomas and the Socialists may have received over…
ESSAY –Women for Hoover
In Fall 2010, Dickinson College student Ryan Sellinger chronicled the role of women voters in Republican Herbert Hoover’s commanding victory in the 1928 presidential election. 1928 Election: Women for Hoover
ESSAY –Election Day 1884
In Fall 2010, Dickinson College student Peter Wright produced a concise essay that described how the presidential election of 1884 between Democrat Grover Cleveland and Republican James G. Blaine had turned quite personal and nasty. Mugwumps and Mudslingers: The Bitter…
ESSAY –Women and the Election of 1912
In Fall 2010, Dickinson College student Alix Poeton offered a useful reminder that women affected American presidential politics before the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. She focuses on the role of women in 1912 and helps explain their support for…
ESSAY –Boston Mayor John “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald
In Fall 2010, Dickinson College student Will Nelligan produced a lively short profile of John F. Kennedy’s grandfather, John “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald, who was elected mayor of Boston in 1905. Ring the Bell Twice: Honey Fitz
ESSAY –Election Day 1944
In Fall 2010, Dickinson College student Ben Lyman explored the challenges of soldier voting during the 1944 presidential election. The GI and the Ballot: Election Day 1944
ESSAY –Election Day 1896 with Marcus Hanna
In Fall 2010, Dickinson College student Ben Lyman tackled the subject of Election Day 1896 through the eyes of Republican national campaign manager Marcus Hanna. The Ohio businessman was the mastermind behind William McKinley’s victory and was subsequently rewarded with…
ESSAY –Election Day 1912
Dickinson College student Will Nelligan produced a creative examination of how ex-president Theodore Roosevelt experienced Election Day on 1912, when he was running as a Progressive or Bull Moose candidate in a three-way contest that included Democrat Woodrow Wilson (the…
ESSAY –Election Day 1896
Peter Wright offers a vivid portrait of William Jennings Bryan on the day of his defeat in 1896. Bryan was the Democratic – Populist candidate for president who was overwhelmed by former Ohio governor William McKinley and the well-financed, well-organized…