[Verginius Rufus]

I thought at the time that without the free publicity he received from the comic strip Doonesbury, he could never have mounted a national campaign.

He received 5.7 million votes--which is more than Abraham Lincoln got in 1860 and 1864 combined.

[Red Badger]

Not surprising since women weren’t allowed to vote, Blacks were still slaves and only real property owners were allowed to vote in most places.....