Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 6,1888. Republican nominee Benjamin Harrison,a former U.S. senator from Indiana,narrowly defeated incumbent Democratic President Grover Cleveland of New York. It was the third of five U.S. presidential elections in which the winner did not win the national popular vote,which would not occur again until the 2000 US presidential election. Cleveland was the last incumbent Democratic president to lose reelection until Jimmy Carter in 1980.
A Reagan Democrat is a traditionally Democratic voter in the United States,referring to working class residents who supported Republican presidential candidates Ronald Reagan in the 1980 and/or the 1984 presidential elections,and/or George H. W. Bush during the 1988 presidential election. The term Reagan Democrat remains part of the lexicon in American political jargon because of Reagan's continued widespread popularity among a large segment of the electorate.
George Corley Wallace Jr. was the 45th governor of Alabama,serving from 1963 to 1967,again from 1971 to 1979,and finally from 1983 to 1987. He is remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views. During Wallace's tenure as governor of Alabama,he promoted "industrial development,low taxes,and trade schools." Wallace unsuccessfully sought the United States presidency as a Democratic Party candidate three times,and once as an American Independent Party candidate,carrying five states in the 1968 election. Wallace opposed desegregation and supported the policies of "Jim Crow" during the Civil Rights Movement,declaring in his very controversial 1963 inaugural address that he stood for "segregation now,segregation tomorrow,segregation forever".
Christopher Van Hollen Jr. is an American attorney and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Maryland since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Van Hollen served as the U.S. representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district from 2003 to 2017.
Kinsley Scott Bingham was a U.S. Representative,a U.S. Senator,and the 11th governor of Michigan.
William Fife Knowland was an American politician and newspaper publisher. A member of the Republican Party,he served as a United States Senator from California from 1945 to 1959. He was Senate Majority Leader from August 1953 to January 1955 after the death of Robert A. Taft,and would be the last Republican Senate Majority Leader until Howard Baker in 1981.
Milton Robert Carr was an American lawyer,academic,and politician from Michigan.
The 1980 United States Senate elections were held on November 4,coinciding with Ronald Reagan's victory in the presidential election. The 34 Senate seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections. Reagan's large margin of victory over incumbent Jimmy Carter gave a huge boost to Republican Senate candidates,allowing them to flip 12 Democratic seats and win control of the chamber for the first time since the end of the 83rd Congress in January 1955. This was the first time since 1966 that any party successfully defended all their own seats.
The 2000 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7,2000,as part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 33 representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
John Moran Bailey was an American politician who played a major role in promoting the New Deal coalition of the Democratic Party and its liberal policy positions.
The 2004 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 2,2004,and was part of the 2004 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
George William Crockett Jr. was an African-American attorney,jurist,and congressman from the U.S. state of Michigan. He also served as a national vice-president of the National Lawyers Guild and co-founded what is believed to be the first racially integrated law firm in the United States.
George Frederick Richardson was a politician from the U.S. states of Michigan and Washington.
Gary Charles Peters Sr. is an American lawyer,politician,and former military officer serving as the junior United States senator from Michigan since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 14th congressional district,which included the eastern half of Detroit,the Grosse Pointes,Hamtramck,Southfield,and Pontiac,from 2009 to 2015.
George Thornewell Smith was an American Democratic Party politician and jurist from the state of Georgia. The sixth Lieutenant Governor,state legislator,Speaker of the State House of Representatives,was the only person in Georgia to win contested elections in all three branches of state government –legislative,executive,and judicial.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 4,2008,and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 2000 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7,2000,and was part of the 2000 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
Sam Arora is an American businessman and politician from Montgomery County,Maryland. A Democrat,Arora was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 2010,representing the state's 19th district. He was sworn into office on January 12,2011. He announced in 2013 that he would not seek reelection to a second term.
The 1980 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 4,1980. All fifty states and The District of Columbia were part of the 1980 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose seven electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
Felix Barry Moore is an American politician who is the U.S. representative for Alabama's 2nd congressional district since 2021. The district is based in the state capital,Montgomery,and stretches into the Wiregrass. He represented the 91st district in the Alabama House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018.
