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Hace 1 día · During the summer of 1980, there was a short-lived "Draft Muskie" movement; Secretary of State Edmund Muskie was seen as a favorable alternative to a deadlocked convention. One poll showed that Muskie would be a more popular alternative to Carter than Kennedy, implying that the attraction was not so much to Kennedy as to the fact that he was not Carter.
Hace 1 día · First place by first-instance vote First place by delegate allocation First place by convention roll call Show all. McGovern Humphrey Wallace Muskie. Jackson Mills Chisholm Uncommitted. Previous Democratic nominee. Hubert Humphrey. Democratic nominee. George McGovern. From January 24 to June 20, 1972, voters of the Democratic Party chose its ...
Hace 1 día · Despite support from GOP President Richard Nixon and bipartisan backing, for example, from Maine Democratic Senator Edmund Muskie – himself the 1968 V.P. nominee – and Smith, a Republican – the measure failed to overcome a Senate filibuster.
Hace 1 día · War of 1812. Battle of the Thames ( WIA) Richard Mentor Johnson (October 17, 1780 [a] – November 19, 1850) was an American lawyer, military officer and politician who served as the ninth vice president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren. He is the only vice president elected by the United States ...
Hace 1 día · Aaron Burr Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician, businessman, lawyer, and Founding Father who served as the third vice president of the United States from 1801 to 1805 during Thomas Jefferson's first presidential term.He founded the Manhattan Company on September 1, 1799. Burr is remembered for his famous personal and political conflict with Alexander ...
Hace 1 día · John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was an American politician who served as the tenth president of the United States from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president in 1841. He was elected vice president on the 1840 Whig ticket with President William Henry Harrison, succeeding to the presidency following Harrison's death 31 days after assuming office.
Hace 1 día · t. e. Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as the 30th governor of California from 1943 to 1953 and as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. The Warren Court presided over a major shift in American constitutional jurisprudence, which has been recognized ...
