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To: lightman

This quiz is full of baloney. Martin Van Buren was elected in 1836? Hardly.


49 posted on 01/18/2006 8:47:16 PM PST by littleleaguemom
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To: littleleaguemom
This quiz is full of baloney.

So is the "leader board" that has the current leader "bboyd" at a score of 130 points achieved in a blindingly fast 514 minutes 54.96 seconds on January 18th 11:28 PM! Right... sure...

53 posted on 01/18/2006 8:56:50 PM PST by Swordmaker (Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs.)
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To: littleleaguemom

What's the problem? Van Buren was indeed elected in 1836, defeating Harrison, White, Webster, and Mangum, each of whom (the only time in American history that 5 candidates received some number of e. votes) received some electoral votes. 1836 is also the only election wherein the Senate had to perform its Constitutional duty of selecting a vice-president because no candidate for veep received a majority of electoral votes.


69 posted on 01/19/2006 9:28:00 AM PST by SAJ
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