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Defend America on Sunday, November 08, 2009 4:03:10 PM
November 8,
1864
Lincoln reelected
Northern
voters overwhelmingly endorse the leadership and policies of President
Lincoln when they elect him to a second term. With his reelection, the
fate of the Confederacy was sealed and any hope for a negotiated
settlement vanished.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2380
1889 - Montana became the 41st U.S. state.
November 8,
1960
John F. Kennedy elected president
John
F. Kennedy becomes the youngest man ever to be elected president of the
United States, narrowly beating Republican Vice President Richard
Nixon. He was also the first Catholic to become president.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2478
1966 - Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts became the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote.
1966 - Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California.
November 8, 1994
The Republican Revolution
For
the first time in 40 years, the Republican Party wins control of both
the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate in midterm
congressional elections. Led by Representative Newt Gingrich of
Georgia, who subsequently replaced Democrat Tom Foley of Washington as
speaker of the House, the empowered GOP united under the "Contract with
America," a 10-point legislative plan to reduce federal taxes, balance
the budget, and dismantle social welfare programs established during
six decades of mostly Democratic rule in Congress.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5507
2000 - In
Florida, a statewide recount began to decide the winner of the 2000
U.S. presidential election.